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Post box in Bettyville

Post box
Post box in Bettyville
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The Post box in Bettyville stands beside a newer steel one like a grandfather accompanying his grandson to a job interview. Grandad has worn the better hat and will shortly be offered the position.

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Freestanding cast-iron pillar postbox, erected c. 1930. Shallow domed cap with dentillated rim, moulded necking and plinth, raised 'Post Office' monogram to front of door, foundry stamp, now illegible, to rear of plinth. Set in verge of footpath beside more recent steel postbox.
This postbox bears the simple monogram 'Post Office' and the maker's inscription to the plinth is illegible, but it was possibly made by the Dublin firm Tonge & Taggart. Although its form mimics that of earlier examples, the dearth of elaborate decoration here is illustrative of increasing precedence of functionality over form in street furniture.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 50030015

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Lucarelli, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; UtDicitur, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Susan Pike, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Hugh Frazer, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Raymond Okonski, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Phillip Perry, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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