What is recorded here
Post box in Corluddy has Queen Victoria’s initials embedded in the boundary wall. Most neighbours settle for telling you where their property ends; this one has brought the British Empire into a dispute about six inches.
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1881-1901, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in rendered, ruled and lined boundary wall.
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 village street scene with embellishments identifying the artistic potential of the composition including the Queen Victoria (1819-1901; r. 1837-1901) 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 12404541
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