Post Box, St. Lucia's Barracks, Barracks Lane, Omagh, Co Tyrone is a Grade B2 listed building in the Fermanagh and Omagh local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 17 December 2014.
Post Box, St. Lucia's Barracks, Barracks Lane, Omagh, Co Tyrone
- WRENN ID
- still-slate-mallow
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Constituency
- West Tyrone MP: Órfhlaith Begley (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 17 December 2014
- Irish grid reference
- H 447 729
- Coordinates
- 54.60254, -7.3079
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a freestanding Victorian post box made of cast iron. Dating to between 1880 and 1899, it is located at the rear of the pavement near the boundary of the Police Barracks, at the end of the access road to the St. Lucia Barracks site. The post box is painted red with a flat dome top and a black plinth. It bears the "VR" monogram on the front, indicating it was manufactured during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). The plinth displays the makers mark: A.HANDYSIDE & Co Ltd DERBY & LONDON. These post boxes were first introduced in 1852, shortly after the introduction of adhesive postage stamps and the uniform penny post, and were standardised after 1859. The lower aperture design appeared after 1879, and the “VR” cipher was introduced after 1887. The post box is of local interest and contributes to the group value of the area, demonstrating an example of municipal architecture associated with the Barracks. The dwarf wall behind the postbox appears to be the remnant of an older wall, though it includes a section of modern reconstituted stone that runs parallel to the main road.
Local climate
Post Box, St. Lucia's Barracks, Barracks Lane, Omagh, Co Tyrone sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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