- Address
- Abington
- Type
- Post box
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21901426
Post box, Abington
About Post box, Abington
Post box, Abington is one of 8 buildings in Moroe the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Post box, Abington to 1880–1900. 4 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Cast-iron post boxes such as this are becoming increasing rare throughout Ireland, often replaced with mass produced boxes. The simple, well designed lettering and crown motif enhance its modest form and adds artistic interest to the box.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21901426 · 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 · 21901426↗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 10 minutes
Abington, Moroe · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Post box, AbingtonStart here
- 2
Saint John's Church (Abington)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
Questions about Post box, Abington
Is Post box, Abington on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21901426).
Can you visit Post box, Abington?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Post box, Abington built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1880–1900.
Is Post box, Abington 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).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).