- Address
- Daly's Crossroads
- Type
- Post box
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21807041
Post box, Daly's Crossroads
About Post box, Daly's Crossroads
Post box, Daly's Crossroads is one of 43 buildings in Castleconnell the National Inventory rates Regional. Post box, Daly's Crossroads dates from 1890–1910. 2 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This cast-iron post box, which is still in use, is an important item of street furniture representing an early surviving example of mass-produced cast-iron work. The raised lettering and crown motif enhance the design quality of the composition and serve as a reminder of Ireland's past as part of the British Empire.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21807041 · 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 · 21807041↗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
Daly's Crossroads, Castleconnell · about 200 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Post box, Daly's CrossroadsStart here
- 2Bloomfield HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Questions about Post box, Daly's Crossroads
Is Post box, Daly's Crossroads on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21807041).
Can you visit Post box, Daly's Crossroads?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Post box, Daly's Crossroads built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1890–1910.
Is Post box, Daly's Crossroads 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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