Survey Data
Reg No
20500800
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1910 - 1920
Coordinates
166772, 72105
Date Recorded
29/05/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c. 1915, with GR monogram.
Appraisal
This post box is representative of early twentieth-century cast-iron post boxes in Ireland. Today, contemporary post boxes are generally plastic and often replace the distinctive cast-iron box. It is important to afford protection to cast-iron boxes, as they are no longer in production. It is interesting to note the changes in the decorative detail of cast-iron post boxes from Victorian times to the latter part of the twentieth century.