Pillar Box At Junction With Queens Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1977. Pillar box.

Pillar Box At Junction With Queens Road

WRENN ID: noble-entrance-fog
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cheltenham
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 July 1977
Type: Pillar box
Source: Historic England listing

Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9321NE LANSDOWN ROAD 630-1/16/453 (North side) 06/07/77 Pillar box at junction with Queen's Road (Formerly Listed as: LANSDOWN ROAD (North side) Pillar box outside No.1 Queen's Road)

GV II

Pillar box. 1866-79. Designed by JW Penfold, cast by Cochrane Grove and Company of Dudley. Hexagonal with elaborate leaf decorated crest and lettering 'VR'. Cheltenham retains 8 of the 64 Penfold-type Victorian pillar boxes reputed to remain of the country. Others are located in Bayshill Road (qv), College Lawn (qv), Douro Road (qv), Evesham Road (qv), Montpellier Walk (qv), Pittville Circus Road (qv) and St Paul's Road (qv). (Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 68-69; Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 99).

Listing NGR: SO9385421680

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