Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB15/02/065

Address :
King George V post box In the wall outside 54 Moss Road Portadown Craigavon Co Armagh

Townland:
Annaghmore

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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:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
180/11

IG Ref:
H9043 5736

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

A King George post-box made of cast iron set in the low rubble stone boundary wall of a church hall. Post-box inscribed 'GR' with a raised crown, and 'T. Allen & Co. London'. Post-box identification number not clearly visible above lower frame of panel. SETTING: The wall in which the post-box is set stands facing onto a public road in a rural area.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Manufactured by T. Allen & Co of London to a standard design, presumably in the period of the reign of King George V (1910-36). References – Primary Sources 1. Inscription on box. 2. OS Map 1953, Co Armagh 4.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is an example of a wall-mounted post-box, presumably of the period of the reign of King George V, which is built into a wall of no special architectural or historic interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

31 December 2004