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
26659
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/05/2002
Date of Amendment
24/05/2002
Name of Property
Pillar Box in West Grove
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Plasnewydd
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Tredegarville
Easting
318841
Northing
176962
Street Side
W
Location
At the junction between West Grove and Richmond Crescent.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
A pillar box cast by W.A. Handyside of Derby to the standard design introduced by the Post Office in 1887.
Exterior
A cylindrical cast iron pillar box painted red with slightly wider base painted black, which bears the founders' name in raised letters. The hinged door bears the embossed royal cipher 'VR'. Above it is the horizontal posting aperture flanked by 'Post Office' in relief. The box has a projecting shallow domed cap with fluted cornice.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare surviving Victorian pillar box, and for group value with The Mansion House opposite.
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