Survey Data
Reg No
50030114
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
320568, 235779
Date Recorded
04/12/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron pillar postbox, erected c. 1890, having shallow domed cap with moulded necking having dentillated frieze, moulded plinth, raised 'VR' royal cipher to door to front and 'Post Office' in raised lettering to neck. Foundry stamp 'A. Handyside & Co. Ltd Derby & London' to front of plinth. Set in concrete to footpath.
Appraisal
Located in a residential suburban area this attractive piece of street furniture remains in active use. The raised royal cipher, VR for Queen Victoria (Victoria Regina) demonstrates the artistic capabilities of mass-produced ironwork at the time of its casting, and enlivens an otherwise functional object. A historical survival from the era of British colonial control in Ireland, it is also an important reminder of the role of the postal service in communications throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.