Post box in Onomy

Post box

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Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, installed c.1890, of WB87/2 Victorian Type C with VR inscription with crown motif. Letter opening sheltered by a sloped panel with 'POST OFFICE' cast on top. Door below has slot for collection time notices to top, lock and small cast-iron door handle below. Moulded architrave forms outer edge of box and manufacturer's mark: 'W.T.Allen & Co. London' cast below door. This class of post box was manufactured from Queen Victoria's jubilee in 1887 and installed until end of her reign in 1901. Set in roughcast rendered wall to garage attached to garden wall in front of present Catholic curate's house (originally Methodist manse).

This robustly elegant letter box is a functional and easily recognisable feature of the historic built environment illustrating the colonial history of Ireland before Independence, the green colour symbolising the political change. Its location, close to three different churches, which would have made it a focal point for the local community, and it is still in use today.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 41308054

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Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
unknown author, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Dean Molyneaux, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Philip Fitzpatrick / Sportsfile, www.sportsfile.com
Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Shane Killen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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