- Address
- Rockhill
- Type
- Post box
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21903817
Post box, Rockhill
About Post box, Rockhill
Post box, Rockhill is one of 15 buildings in Bruree the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Post box, Rockhill to 1910–1920. 4 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This is a very unusual road side feature dating from the reign of King George V. In comparison to earlier models, post boxes dating from this period in Ireland are very rare as shortly after George V's ascension to the throne the War of Independence commenced.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21903817 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21903817↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Rockhill, Bruree · about 200 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Post box, RockhillStart here
- 2Saint Munchin's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
2 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Post box, Rockhill
Is Post box, Rockhill on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21903817).
Can you visit Post box, Rockhill?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Post box, Rockhill built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1910–1920.
Is Post box, Rockhill protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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