Post box in Ballinderry, County Kildare

What is recorded here

The Post box in Ballinderry is a mass-produced wall box installed in a pier of its own. Somewhere in the sales pitch, 'one of thousands' became 'detached country residence with correspondence arriving daily'.

Pier-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, extant 1922, with "GR [Georgius Rex]" royal cipher. Set in rendered pier.

A "wall box" post box supplied by W.T. Allen and Company (fl. 1881-1955) of London representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a rural street scene with embellishments identifying the artistic potential of the composition including the King George V (1865-1936; r. 1910-22) royal cipher of additional significance as an imprinted reminder of the period when Ireland formed part of the British Empire.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11900309

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