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Regional rating (NIAH)
1880–1900
Address
Beech Corner, Castleblayney
Type
Post box
NIAH reg. no.
41308054
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Post box, Beech Corner, Castleblayney

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 75 rated Regional in Castleblayney
PPost boxBBuilt 1880–1900
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
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About Post box, Beech Corner, Castleblayney

The National Inventory rates Post box, Beech Corner, Castleblayney Regional, one of 75 in Castleblayney. Its record dates Post box, Beech Corner, Castleblayney to 1880–1900. 60 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

This robustly elegant letter box is a functional and easily recognisable feature of the historic built environment illustrating the colonial history of Ireland before Independence, the green colour symbolising the political change.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 41308054 · 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 · 41308054↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Beech Corner, Castleblayney, Castleblayney · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Post box, Beech Corner, CastleblayneyStart here
  2. 2Mausoleum, Saint Maeldoid's Church (Muckno)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Hope Castle (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4White HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5Hope Arms HotelRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
Castle LodgeRegional rating (NIAH)300 mHope Castle (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mHope Castle (country house)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mHope Castle (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mSalamancaRegional rating (NIAH)300 mCastleblayney Courthouse and Market HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

19 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegGate lodge, Saint Maeldoid's Church (Muckno)51 mRegGates, Saint Maeldoid's Church (Muckno)52 mRegHouse, Church Street, Castleblayney52 mRegMonument, Saint Maeldoid's Church (Muckno)58 mRegHope Castle (gate lodge)58 mRegWorker's house, Church Street, Castleblayney62 mRegWorker's house, 4 Church Street, Castleblayney65 mRegWorker's house, 3 Church Street, Castleblayney69 mRegOutbuilding, Church Street, Castleblayney73 mRegWorker's house, 4 Church Street, Castleblayney73 mRegWorker's house, 5 Church Street, Castleblayney78 mRegWorker's house, Church Street, Castleblayney85 mRegWorker's house, 1 Church Street, Castleblayney89 mRegMausoleum, Saint Maeldoid's Church (Muckno)92 mRegSaint Mary's Catholic Church95 mRegMausoleum, Saint Maeldoid's Church (Muckno)105 mRegSaint Maeldoid's Church (Muckno)107 mRegBuilding misc, Thomas Street, Castleblayney124 m
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RegHope Castle (outbuilding)141 m

Questions about Post box, Beech Corner, Castleblayney

Is Post box, Beech Corner, Castleblayney on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 41308054).

Can you visit Post box, Beech Corner, Castleblayney?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Post box, Beech Corner, Castleblayney built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1880–1900.

Is Post box, Beech Corner, Castleblayney 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).