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Latitude: 50.9046 / 50°54'16"N
Longitude: -2.4378 / 2°26'16"W
OS Eastings: 369308
OS Northings: 111775
OS Grid: ST693117
Mapcode National: GBR MY.R865
Mapcode Global: FRA 56SQ.238
Plus Code: 9C2VWH36+VV
Entry Name: Pillar Box at Barnes Cross at St 693 118
Listing Date: 16 September 1987
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1237251
English Heritage Legacy ID: 104992
ID on this website: 101237251
Location: The Borough, Dorset, DT9
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Holwell
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Holwell St Laurence
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Pillar box
ST 61 SE BISHOPS CAUNDLE CORNFORD HILL
(West Side)
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Pillar Box at
Barnes Cross at
ST 693 118
II* (star)
Pillar box. 1853. Manufactured by John Butt and Co. at Sweetbriars Street Foundry, Gloucester for the Gloucester and Western District of the Post Office. Cast iron. Non-standard type of pillar box of polygonal plan having moulded plinth; collecting door with inset for collection-times display below crown flanked by initials "V R"; vertical slit for letters; moulded cornice and peaked top. This pillar box is believed to be the oldest in public service (two others of different design by the same manufacturer survive; one at the National Postal Museum, London the other a private posting box at Stonehouse Hospital, Plymouth). It is only slightly later than the original Channel Islands design.
Listing NGR: ST6930811775
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