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Latitude: 50.9975 / 50°59'50"N
Longitude: -3.3385 / 3°20'18"W
OS Eastings: 306168
OS Northings: 122860
OS Grid: ST061228
Mapcode National: GBR LQ.KG1H
Mapcode Global: FRA 36WG.Z20
Plus Code: 9C2RXMW6+XJ
Entry Name: Wall and Letter Box at Ngr ST06162285
Listing Date: 26 March 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1059855
English Heritage Legacy ID: 270115
ID on this website: 101059855
ST02SE STAWLEY CP
6/136 Wall and Letter Box at NGR ST 0616 2285
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- II
Wall and letter box. Letter box, produced 1857-59, probably reset in wall. By
Smith and Hawkes of Birmingham for the Post Office. Cast iron. Rectangular
aperture with added hood obscuring the words Post Office, below rectangular
moulded section divided vertically into 4 unequal parts; below apeture are
inscribed the words: LETTER BOX, CLEARED AT, with VR and a crown inserted
between, the second panel obscured by attached piece of plastic, third and
largest section topped with added slot for numbers, keyhole bottom left, lower
panel blank. Wall, red sandstone random rubble about 1.25 metres high and 9
metres long, curved with chamfered coping of alternate brick and concrete
render. Letter box opening surrounded by irregular brickwork, left half of wall
obscured by ivy at the time of survey (January 1984). This is an example of the
first standard wall box produced for the Post Office, known as the WB72, only 7
of which are known to survive in England. (The Letter Box Study Group).
Listing NGR: ST0616822860
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