Market Place/King Street, pillar box
Market Place/King Street, pillar box
HER Number
9549
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Market Place/King Street, pillar box
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Communications
Site Type: Broad
Postal System Structure
Site Type: Specific
Pillar Box
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
This pillar box has the two letters V and R nearly linked on the front, identifying it as Victorian.This post box originally stood outside Croftons, which was destroyed in a WWII air-raid. LOCAL LIST
Easting
436090
Northing
567150
Grid Reference
NZ436090567150
Sources
Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team, March 1992, Other Buildings of Acknowledged Architectural Quality or Historic Significance (South Tyneside UDP Appendix ENV (B)); SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/23/SS