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Post Box

Gortmore, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Post Box, Gortmore, Fermanagh and Omagh, 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
17 December 2014
Date of construction
1880 - 1899
Address
Post Box, St. Lucia's Barracks, Barracks Lane, Omagh, Co Tyrone
Townland
Gortmore
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.60254, -7.30790
HB reference
HB11/09/005 H

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Cast iron cylinder freestandingVictorian post box located at rear of pavement near to boundary of Police Barracks at end of access to St Lucia Barracks site. ainted red with flat dome top and black plinth.'VR' monogram to front. Plinth displays makers mark: A.HANDYSIDE & Co Ltd DERBY & LONDON.

Setting

At rear of pavement on junction of access to St Lucia Barracks and . Dwarf wall behind appears to be remains of old wall but with modern reconstituted stone in section parallel to main road.

Historical information

Manufactured to a standard design in the reign of Queen Victoria(1837-1901) and installed in its current position during the same period. The boxes have been in use since 1852, just twelve years after the introduction of the first adhesive postage stamps and uniform penny post. Pillar boxes began to be standardised after 1859 and the lower aperture appeared after 1879. After 1887, the imperial cipher of Victoria Regina appeared on all new boxes.

Secondary Sources:

1. Internet: Wikipedia entry including Robinson, Martin (2000). Old Letter Boxes. Shire Publications, Princes Riseborough, UK

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Cast iron cylinder freestanding Victorian post box. Of interest as a surviving example of a relatively early type and part of the municipal architecture associated with the Barracks.

Nearby in the register

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

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