Post box on Gracefield Road, County Dublin

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Freestanding round-plan cast-iron pillar postbox, installed c. 1900, having shallow domed cap, moulded corona, neck moulding, cylindrical shaft and moulded plinth base. Curved hinged door facing south with letter slot and lettering 'Post Office' incorporated into neck moulding; royal insignia of Edward VII almost…

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A surviving example of an early twentieth-century British postbox in Dublin, bearing the almost invisible royal insignia of Edward VII. Handyside foundry of Derby was a prominent manufacturer of Victorian postboxes, but declined after the turn of the twentieth century. The postbox's early date can be distinguished by its lack of Irish insignia and Gaelic text which appear after the foundation of the Republic.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 50130245

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