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Postbox

Town Parks, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Postbox, Town Parks, Causeway Coast and Glens, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade B2
Grade
B2
Type
Post Box
Date of listing
27 February 2004
Date of construction
1900 - 1919
Address
Postbox, Corner of Rathlin Road & Ann Street, Ballycastle, Co Antrim
Townland
Town Parks
Council
Causeway Coast and Glens
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
55.20266, -6.24708
Date of survey
06 October 2000
HB reference
HB05/13/042

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Scotland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1883 · Scotland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A cast iron cylinder freestanding postbox with the insignia of Edward the Seventh on it. Painted red with flat dome top and black plinth. Postbox sited on inner side of footwalk against a low boundary wall.

Historical information

Manufactured and erected during or shortly after the reign of Edward VII (born 1841, reigned 1901-10).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

An interesting and familiar red postbox of the reign of Edward VII.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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