Edward VII post box

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

An Edward VII post-box made of cast iron set in the wall of a two-storey house. The house is two-storey, with slated roof, wet dash rendered walls, arched timber sliding sash windows, 2 over 2, with horns, one to each floor; main entrance is rectangular glazed flush timber door with plain fanlight. Side and rear elevations are of similar character. PVC rainwater goods.
Post-box inscribed ‘ER VII’; identified as letter box no. BT41 24.

SETTING: The building in which the post-box is set stands facing directly onto the street.

Historical information

Manufactured to a standard design in the period of the reign of King Edward VII (1901-1910) and installed in its current position during the same period. The house in whose wall it is housed appears on the OS map of 1921 but not that of 1857 and may be supposed to be early 20th century in date, contemporary with the post-box.

References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1921, Co Antrim 50 (first appearance of the building in which post-box is housed).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is an example of a wall-mounted post-box of the period of the reign of King Edward VII (1901-1910) which is built into the front of a house of similar date.