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Post box in Keadew

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Post box in Keadew
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Freestanding circular-profile cast-iron pillar post box, c.1880, with royal insignia removed from the door. Stepped necking with slot in band flanked by words 'Post Office' in raised letters. Domed cap with decorative dentillated effect to base. Plain door with trace of decorative insignia, stepped…

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Freestanding circular-profile cast-iron pillar post box, c.1880, with royal insignia removed from the door. Stepped necking with slot in band flanked by words 'Post Office' in raised letters. Domed cap with decorative dentillated effect to base. Plain door with trace of decorative insignia, stepped base.
The survival and use of the traditional pillar post box is an important architectural feature of the historic character and streetscape of Farnham Street. Despite loss of the decorative royal insignia this pre-independence post box is an authentic piece of historic street furniture, which through the repainting in green and removal of the monarch's initials gives insight into the changing history of the town.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40000402

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, archaeologymag.com
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