Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
13011
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1975
Date of Amendment
26/02/2004
Name of Property
Pillar Box near Station House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Neyland
Town
Milford Haven
Locality
Neyland
Easting
196565
Northing
204908
Street Side
NW
Location
On the N side of the junction of Picton Road, High Street and Station Road just E of Station House
Description
Broad Class
Communications
Period
History
An example of the pillar box designed by the architect John Wornham Penfold in 1865, the design said to be based on the 'Tower of the Winds', an Athenian 1st century water clock. These boxes were produced 1866 to 1879 by Cochrane and Company of Dudley and when introduced the standard colour was green and remained so until 1874. This box was originally sited on the railway station.
Exterior
Pillar box, hexagonal cast-iron with ogee domed cap decorated with acanthus leaves and oval finial. Royal Coat of arms above opening for letters. Initials V R applied to door of pillar-box.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a rare survival of a Penfold pillar box.
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