Penfold Pillar Box Outside Royal Mail North West District Office


  • Address: 14 St Pancras Way
  • Vicinity: N of College Grove NW
  • Neighborhood of Camden Town in London
  • Type: Object
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Object

A Victorian Steadfast Postal Box

The Penfold Pillar Box outside the Royal Mail North West District Office in Camden Town is a Grade II listed cast-iron hexagonal box designed by J W Penfold and manufactured by Cochrane and Co. It is painted red and features a beaded frieze, an acanthus-enriched top with bud finial, the Royal coat of arms above the posting aperture, the words Post Office flanking the mouth, and the intertwined VR cipher beneath the frame for the time plate. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1872/00/00 A cast-iron Penfold pillar box is manufactured by Cochrane and Co at the Woodside Ironworks in Dudley, England. The box will later stand outside the Royal Mail NW District Office on St Pancras Way after being moved to this location around 2014. Penfold Pillar Box

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National Heritage List for England List Entry: 1245852



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