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Latitude: 51.9631 / 51°57'47"N
Longitude: -0.3912 / 0°23'28"W
OS Eastings: 510631
OS Northings: 230629
OS Grid: TL106306
Mapcode National: GBR H5J.XKD
Mapcode Global: VHFR2.5XJF
Entry Name: Posting Box Built into Front Wall of Number 1 Ivy Cottages (Post Office)
Listing Date: 24 October 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1103256
English Heritage Legacy ID: 163024
Location: Hexton, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG5
County: Hertfordshire
District: North Hertfordshire
Civil Parish: Hexton
Built-Up Area: Hexton
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: Hexton
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
HEXTON HEXTON
TL 1030 (West side)
8/14 Posting box built into
- front wall of No. 1
Ivy Cottages (Post Office)
- II
Posting box. Set up 1860, the earliest in Hertfordshire, moved to
present position 1922 from wall of the Manor Lodge. Cast iron painted
red. The front is a narrow rectangular upright panel 30 inches x 10
inches. Flat pedimented top: hood below with 'POST OFFICE' in raised
letters: small postal aperture below hood with metal flap and on lower
rim 'LETTER BOX'. Door below divided into 3 horizontal panels: top one
carries the royal Cypher 'V R' with crown and the words 'CLEARED AT': the
middle panel is blank for impermanent pasted or painted notices of the
time(s) of clearing: the bottom panel contains the keyhole and lock.
There is a large plain panel to the box below the door, and on the
bottom rim the makers' name, 'SMITH AND HAWKES BIRMINGHAM'. Wall boxes
were introduced in 1857. (Branch Johnson (1970)135,168: Ashley Cooper
(1982)32).
Listing NGR: TL1063130629
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