Survey Data
Reg No
50010137
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1930 - 1940
Coordinates
316517, 234862
Date Recorded
17/11/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding round-plan cast-iron post box with plinth base, installed c.1935. Raised insignia of P&T to front (west) elevation, moulded neck, dentillated frieze and shallow domed cap. Maker's mark to rear (east) side of base ‘Carron Company Stirlingshire’.
Appraisal
This attractive piece of street furniture represents the high quality of mass-produced cast-iron work in the early years of the twentieth century. The insignia, representing the national Posts & Telegraphs service, dates the box to the early years of the Irish Republic.