Post Box, Knock Eden Park, Rosetta, Belfast

A free-standing cast-iron post box erected between 1931 and 1936 in Knock Eden Park near the junction with Rosetta Road. This is a King George V pillar box, painted in the distinctive 'pillar box red' throughout except for the black base. The box bears the maker's name 'CARRON COMPANY STIRLINGSHIRE' on its foundry plate, though the base records it was constructed by 'MC DOWALL STEVEN & CO LTD LONDON & GLASGOW', a firm that began manufacturing post boxes around 1912.

The post box stands 5 feet high and measures 21 inches in diameter around its cap, 15½ inches around the shaft, and 17 inches around the base. It is of standard design with a shallow oversailing cap whose edge is fluted. Below the cap is the mail aperture, which is hooded and rectangular. Directly above this aperture is a small removable plate holder showing the day of the next collection, flanked by the raised letters 'NEXT COLLECTION'. A notice plate holder below the aperture contains details of collection days, times, and the box number. The hinged door is located beneath these elements, with a raised cup handle on the right side and a keyhole above. The rear of the box has four bolts set into the cylinder.

The Royal Cipher 'GR' (George Rex) appears on the door, marking this as a post box from the reign of King George V (1911–1936). The Royal cipher was not added to British pillar boxes until 1887, when the earlier 'anonymous boxes' were updated with the letters 'VR' (Victoria Regina). This particular example is a B-type post box, the smaller of two standard sizes manufactured from 1879 onwards.

The pillar box first appears on the Ordnance Survey town plan of 1938, confirming its erection between 1931 and 1936. It holds historical importance as a surviving example of the iconic red cylindrical pillar boxes that have remained largely unchanged in design since their introduction in 1879 and continue to be recognised as one of Britain's most distinctive symbols. Post boxes of this era were of considerable social importance, serving as the principal means by which the general public could send correspondence. The box is historically significant both as a well-preserved example of early twentieth-century postal infrastructure and as a marker of local development during the interwar period.