Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB15/02/066

Address :
King Edward VII post box In the wall outside 43 Ardress Road Portadown Craigavon Co Armagh

Townland:
Cranagill

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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:
180/12

IG Ref:
H9241 5616

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

An Edward VII post-box made of cast iron set in the low rubble stone boundary wall of a garden attached to a house. Post-box inscribed 'ER VII' with a raised crown, and 'T. Allen & Co. London'; identified as post-box no BT62 26. The lid is broken. SETTING: The wall in which the post-box is set stands facing onto a road junction in a rural area.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Manufactured by T. Allen & Co of London to a standard design in the period of the reign of King Edward VII (1901-1910). References – Primary Sources 1. Inscription on box. 2. OS Map 1954, Co Armagh 5.

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 which is built into a wall of no special architectural or historic interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

31 December 2004