Table A – post boxes formally designated as a Listed building
Jersey Post ref Historic Environment ref Address Parish Description Post Box no.9 HE1926 Queens Road St. Helier Cast iron Victorian pillar box, 1879-83. Cast by A. Handyside foundry in Derby. Known as an 'anonymous' box as it has no Royal cypher, and with unusually high aperture. In position of one of the original Penfold boxes. Post Box no.12 HE1931 Le Mont Pinel St. Helier Cast iron Victorian wall box. Small C type (39 x 82cm) with Royal cipher VR. Crack at top. Cast by Eagle foundry - one of only three examples in Jersey. Set in roadside boundary wall opposite Douro Terrace. Post Box no.15 Included with SA0236 St. Saviour's Hill St. Saviour Set into the Parish Church boundary wall is a rare example of a Victorian wall box 1861- 71, cast by Smith & Hawkes - one of only four examples in Jersey. Post Box no.17 MN0326 La Rue D'Aval St. Martin Cast iron Victorian wall box (25 x 77cm) with Royal cipher VR. Cast by Smith & Hawkes foundry - one of only four examples in Jersey. Set in roadside boundary wall. Post Box no.18 HE1928 La Pouquelaye St. Helier Cast iron Victorian wall box, 1881-85. Cast by Allen foundry. Medium size B type (35 x 83cm) with high aperture and Royal cipher VR, with three-ring crown. No door pull. Set in roadside boundary wall. Post Box no.20 MN0327 La Rue de Fliquet St. Martin Cast iron Victorian wall box (25.5 x 77cm) with Royal cipher VR. Cast by Eagle foundry - one of only three examples in Jersey. Set in roadside boundary wall. Post Box no.35 Included with MY0125 La Route de Ste Marie St. Mary Set into the boundary wall of the Parish Church churchyard is a small type Victorian wall box introduced in 1861; a rare casting by Eagle foundry - one of only three examples in Jersey. Post Box no.45 Included with MY0001 La Rue Bechervais St. Mary Set into the roadside wall of St. Matthews Convent is a rare example of a Victorian wall box, cast by Smith & Hawkes (1861-71) - one of only four examples in Jersey - with cipher at top. Post Box no.47 Included with LA0026 La Route de St. Aubin St. Lawrence Set into the roadside boundary wall of Le Bel Royal & Maison Charles is a Victorian wall box, cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.48 HE1929 St. Johns Road St. Helier Cast iron Victorian wall box, 1882-85. Cast by Allen foundry. Small size C type (20 x 25.5cm) with Royal cipher VR. Set in rubble stone roadside boundary wall. Post Box no.53 HE1927 Le Mont Cochon St. Helier Cast iron Victorian wall box, 1886-91. Cast by Allen foundry. Small size C type with low aperture and Royal cipher VR. Set in roadside boundary wall.
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Post Box no.54 Included with OU0082 La Grande Route de St Ouen St. Ouen Set into the roadside wall of the s-e outbuilding of Les Huriaux is a small 'C' type Victorian wall box, cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.58 OU0283 La Route de l'Etacq St. Ouen Cast iron Victorian wall box (small C type 26.5 x 71.5cm) with Royal cipher VR. Cast by Allen foundry (later repairs). Set in roadside boundary wall. Post Box no.93 GR0268 La Route des Cotils Grouville Cast iron Victorian wall box (35 x 84cm) with Royal cipher VR, cast by Allen. Set in roadside wall of house (Carlton House). A sub post office was established in Grouville in 1853. Its location changed several times; this post box remains from the sub office's premises here in the 1960s. Post Box no.104 BR0399 La Rue du Crocquet St. Brelade Cast iron Victorian wall box, 1881-85 (medium size B 35 x 84cm) - no door pull, high aperture - with Royal cipher VR. Cast by Allen foundry. Set in roadside boundary wall. Post Box no.16 HE1923 Trinity Road St. Helier Cast iron Edward VII wall box (35 x 84cm) with elaborate Royal cipher EVIIR, cast by Allen. The post box is in its original 1902 position (set into the wall of 39 Trinity Road) – a sub post office established in Town Mills that year. One of only eight Edward VII post boxes in Jersey. Post Box no.74 PE0282 Le Vieux Beaumont St. Peter Cast iron Edward VII wall box (size B 34 x 80cm) with Royal cipher EVIIR, 1901-04 – one of only eight examples in Jersey. Set into stone roadside boundary wall. Interesting streetscape value with adjacent parish cannon, cast during reign of Edward VI in 1551. Post Box no.76 GR0270 La Grande Route des Sablons Grouville Cast iron Edward VII wall box, 1904-10. Small C type with Royal cipher EVIIR and later crown design. Cast by Allen foundry. Set in roadside boundary wall between C19 farm and La Rocque Methodist Church. Post Box no.95 Included with JN0078 Les Chenolles St. John A rare example of an Edward VII lamp box set in the gable roadside wall of St Cyr. Known as ‘Hovis’ design with ornate closed cipher. Post Box no.129 CL0140 La Grande Route de St. Clement St. Clement Cast iron Edward VII wall box (34 x 80cm) with Royal cipher EVIIR - cast by Allen foundry 1901-04. One of only eight Edward VII post boxes in Jersey. Set in granite boundary wall by entrance to FB Fields – playing fields and sports pavilion donated in 1928 by Sir Jesse Boot, later Baron Trent of Nottingham, and named for his Jersey-born wife, Florence.
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Post Box no.7 Included with HE0723 Vauxhall Street St. Helier Set into the corner of the stone roadside boundary wall of 1 Vauxhall Street is an early George V wall box with small cipher and crown below the aperture. Cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.24 Included with CL0072 La Grande Route de St. Clement St. Clement Set in a pointed arch within the stone boundary wall of the Parish Church churchyard is an early George V wall box with large cipher, cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.26 Included with LA0197 La Grande Route de St. Laurent St. Lawrence Set into the stone boundary wall of the Parish Church is a George V wall box, cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.29 Included with OU0203 La Ville de L'Eglise St. Ouen Set into roadside face of east outbuilding of Plaisance is a cast iron George V wall box with large Royal cipher GR, cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.32 MY0156 La Rue des Buttes St. Mary Cast iron George V wall box (unusual large size 51 x 199cm) with less common small Royal cipher GR. Cast by Allen foundry. Set in raised pier in roadside boundary wall. A Receiver of Post was established in 1849 - the location of a box in this vicinity since 1870s. Post Box no.34 Included with HE1341 Halkett Street St. Helier A large George V wall box (Post Box no.34) with Royal cipher GR, cast by McDowall Steven - one of only three examples on Jersey. Possibly in its original position as 1937 date inside box, and set into the west face of the 1930s Boots building. Post Box no.40 Included with PE0242 Le Vieux Beaumont St. Peter Set on a stone roadside wall of Monte Bello is a George V wall box (post 1930) cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.97 Included with BR0125 La Rue du Bocage St. Brelade Set into the roadside wall of Grey Gables is a small George V wall box, 1910-1930 with cipher at top, cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.99 Included with HE1422 Royal Square St. Helier On north wall of States Building, set in ashlar stone facing Royal Square is a large George V wall box cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.111 CL0141 La Grande Route de St. Clement St. Clement Cast iron George V lamp box with large Royal cipher GR. Set in rubble granite roadside wall. Post Box no.114 Included with TR0004 La Rue de Brabant Trinity Set into the roadside boundary wall of Brabant Farm is a rare 1932 Derby manufactured George V wall box – one of only two examples in Jersey. Post Box no.117 Included with OU0109 La Route de Vinchelez St. Ouen Set into the roadside gable of Vinchelez de Haut Manor is a George V wall box with large cipher, cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.135 HE1930 La Route du Petit Clos St. Helier Cast iron George V lamp box (20 x 51cm) with large Royal cipher GR. Set in roadside boundary wall.
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Post Box no.139 Included with HE1101 Havre des Pas St. Helier Set in the rubble stone boundary wall of Ommaroo Hotel is a George VI wall box cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.33 Included with HE1459 St. James Street St. Helier Set into the stone boundary wall of St James Church is an Elizabeth II wall box, cast by Carron foundry. Post Box no.44 HE1925 La Colomberie St. Helier Cast iron Elizabeth II thick pillar box with Royal cipher EIIR. Cast by Carron foundry - one of only two examples in Jersey. In this location since 1962, and associated with the sub post office of this area since 1888. Post Box no.67 Included with MN0128 La Rue des Alleurs St. Martin Set into the roadside boundary wall of Highland is an Elizabeth II wall box with cipher at base, cast by Allen foundry. Post Box no.82 JN0204 La Grande Route de St. Jean St. John Cast iron Elizabeth II wall box (35 x 84cm) with Royal cipher EiiR - cast by Allen foundry. Set in wall of shop - a sub post office for St John established at this site in 1879. Post Box no.90 GR0269 Gorey Village Main Road Grouville Cast iron pillar post box with Royal cipher EiiR - known as 'Type K', cast by Carronade foundry from 1979. The most modern example of historic post boxes in Jersey. Located in Gorey village, with evidence of a Postmaster and sub office since 1839. Post Box no.144 HE1924 The Parade St. Helier Cast iron Elizabeth II pillar box, with sign holder on top and Royal cipher EIIR. Cast by Carron foundry in 1980.
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