Pillar box, In front of 82 North Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT5 5NL

Description on 03.03.2016 Previous pillar box was replaced with a modern Elizabeth ll type. Description on 06.05.2015 A free-standing late 19th C Queen Victoria cast-iron pillar box mounted on the inside edge of the footpath in front of a detached house on the west side of North Road near its junction with Newtownards road. It faces towards the road. This pillar box is of standard design and painted in ‘pillar box red’ throughout except for the base which is black and carries its maker’s name ‘Handyside & Co/ Derby & London’. It stands 5ft 0in high and measures 21in/15½ in/17in in diameter around its cap, shaft and base respectively. Below its shallow oversailing cap, around the edge of which are small decorative indentations, is a hooded rectangular aperture through which the letters are inserted into the box. To its left and right respectively are the words ‘Post’ and ‘Office’ in bas-relief. Below the aperture is the door, hinged at left. At its top is notice plate holder containing details of collection days/times. The number of this particular box is also given at the bottom of the notice (BT5 216). To the top right of the holder is a small indicator tablet holder. Below the notice plate holder is a ‘V R’ cipher (no crown above). Just right and over the cipher is the door handle, with lock incorporated. As noted above, the maker’s name is cast on the front of the base.