Pillar Box On North Side Of Junction With Parabola Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1977. Public utility.

Pillar Box On North Side Of Junction With Parabola Road

WRENN ID: solitary-balcony-mint
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cheltenham
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 July 1977
Type: Public utility
Source: Historic England listing

Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SW BAYSHILL ROAD 630-1/12/194 (West side) 06/07/77 Pillar box on north side of junction with Parabola Road

GV II

Pillar box. 1866-79. Designed by JW Penfold. Manufactured by Cochrane Grove Company of Dudley. Hexagonal letter box with elaborate leaf decorated crest and lettering `VR'. Cheltenham has 8 of the 94 surviving Penfold-type Victorian pillar boxes reputed to remain in the country. There are others in College Lawn (qv), Douro Road (qv), Evesham Road (qv), Lansdown Road (qv), Montpellier Walk (qv), Pittville Circus Road (qv) and St Paul's Road (qv). (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 99; Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 68-9).

Listing NGR: SO9447322157

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