By 1857 a horizontal design was considered standard and lessons had been learnt around preventing water ingress, particularly positioning the aperture just below a protective cap on the top of the box ...

Perhaps the reason why design is the distant, far-flung poor relation in our cultural family tree – with literature the treasured son – is encapsulated in our post boxes. Novelist and postal ...

The man who designed a rare post box that can be found in the centre of Carlisle has been named one of the greatest surveyors of the past 150 years. Today only 20 of the earliest designs of ...

The late designer behind Ilkley's rare grade two-listed Penfold post box has been recognised as one of the most influential surveyors of the past 150 years. Did you know with a Digital ...

His design for the British hexagonal post box, adorned with acanthus leaves, balls and the monarch’s royal coat of arms, was commissioned by the Post Office in 1866 and created a national ...