Ludlow style wall box

Below the aperture casting is a wooden door which is faced with thin sheet steel at the top and a decorative enamel plate at the bottom.

The plate normally bears the Royal Cypher and the wording "POST OFFICE LETTER BOX".

Until 1952 the larger style had no top casting, the area being covered by an enamel decorative plate which itself has an aperture through the middle.

In this case the longer door may have a collection plate and tablet holder and again will carry a Chubb lock and may be fitted with an escutcheon.

It was uniform with the smaller style and both of these later EIIR boxes carry a cast plaque on the lower door reading "Post Office".

As the network of post offices has contracted, many of these have been withdrawn from service and removed until today there are around 450 left.