Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pillar Box in West Grove
Roath, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tredegarville, Cardiff, Roath, designated on 24 May 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 24 May 2002
- Locality
- Tredegarville
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Roath
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48576, -3.17023
- Cadw reference
- 26659
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At the junction between West Grove and Richmond Crescent.
History
A pillar box cast by W.A. Handyside of Derby to the standard design introduced by the Post Office in 1887.
Exterior
A cylindrical cast iron pillar box painted red with slightly wider base painted black, which bears the founders' name in raised letters. The hinged door bears the embossed royal cipher 'VR'. Above it is the horizontal posting aperture flanked by 'Post Office' in relief. The box has a projecting shallow domed cap with fluted cornice.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare surviving Victorian pillar box, and for group value with The Mansion House opposite.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic folly at James Howell HouseGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- The Mansion HouseCivilunder 1 mi
- The Old ConventDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coleg Glan HafrenEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.