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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).
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