Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/08/064

Address :
Edward VII post box In the wall of 51 Riverside Antrim BT41 4BL

Townland:
Town Parks

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Post Box

Former Use
Post Box

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
112-1

IG Ref:
J1493 8626

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Owner Category

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.

Architects

Not Known

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

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.

General Comments

Date of Survey

06 November 2004