Nelson Street, general, and Abercromby Place, general View of pillar-box with VR monogram at corner of Abercromby Place

Description Nelson Street, general, and Abercromby Place, general View of pillar-box with VR monogram at corner of Abercromby Place

Catalogue Number SC 502853

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of ED 4062

Scope and Content Pillar-box, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh Abercromby Place, along with Heriot Row, formed the southern edge of the northern New Town. Designed by Robert Reid in 1805, it was the first street in Edinburgh to be built on a curve. Building began in 1814 and was almost completed by 1819. This pillar-box, on the pavement at the corner of Abercromby Place and Nelson Street, bears the VR monogram and crest. It was made by A Handyside & Company, Derby and London between 1887-1901 during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). The first pillar-boxes of this type were cast by A Handyside and Company from c.1873. They were painted the characteristic 'pillar-box' red but did not bear the royal cipher or crest. Earlier pillar-boxes, from c.1850, were painted green. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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