Found this, what appears to be, Lucy box on my outing to find more postboxes… Ok, I know this isn’t a posbox, but there is some history behind it. Are these eligible?
They are seen as generic street furniture. They aren’t usually worthy of exploration, but it would be possible for an individual Lucy Box to have something about it that makes it special. I expect it would need a website to assist with that.
I saw one recently and couldn’t remember what it was called.. so it’s a Lucy Box. I knew it was some female name, random Googling was not helpful to me.
In terms of infrastructure they are basically obsolete, a bit like most of those stinkpipes that get added. I would lean towards voting to accept, especially if it’s a listed object. If the maker’s name is visible that might be worth having has the main or supporting photo.
Most of the ones I’ve seen in the past have been quite ratty though, might be a hard sell.
Sadly, the name isn’t shown on the front or side of the box, which was one of the things I was looking for. I can only assume it’s on the back, but I can’t get to the back, I can’t be certain.
I can’t even get a 150 year old locally produced street lamp with a makers mark saying the name of the foundry past ML or appeal, and there’s now a Foundry Quarter in the town to celebrate our history 
So probably not, despite how interesting we might find any history, victorian street furniture is only good if its painted red with a slot in the front for letters
Sadly, street lighting is about as hard sell as is telling kids Santa isn’t real. Steps back from the keyboard
So are grey boxes 
These grey lucy boxes are a lot more rarer than lamposts. 
These are in 2 roads locally, and nowhere else (to my knowledge). Made about a mile away. Name of the guy who owned the foundry on the base. Also quite pretty - decorative design.
Your grey box isn’t very pretty even if its rarer?
I should be clear, I’m being quite jokey and a little sarcastic. I found the Lucy Box write up interesting. I just think it has no chance to ever meet a British reviewer, like my lamp post.
One of the reasons for me asking here is just in case it’s a big no no, I can pull it from the queue before it hits voting. There is some history behind Lucy Boxes, which I included some links in the supporting info. But if it’s a hard no, then I don’t have a problem pulling it.
Wouldn’t say hard no at all. But equally would expect a rejection 
I assume you placed a link to it’s Grade II listed status?
I would Accept as the Grade listing is showing it’s is regarded as a structure worthy of being protected.
I couldn’t find one specifically for that Lucy box, but have put a link to show another one that has been listed. Not sure what site to check to see if this one is definitely listed.
England listings: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/
Already checked there, and it’s not showing up.
It’s definitely not listed then (assuming it is in England).
Wow, that company still exists - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Lucy_%26_Co.
Back in 2008 it looked in good condition, as if someone had taken the effort to restore it - Google Maps
I would regard this as a challenge, it’s likely that many people will walk past these and not understand the history. If you could find the manufacturer of the box that might be a great help, it looks a bit different on StreetView so Google Lens isn’t much help.
It’s a shame there isn’t much information about each of the surviving Lucy Boxes, but I will wait and see if this gets approved, even on appeal if needed.
I should have called my nominations Pre-WWII Service Pillar instead of Lucy Box. Dangit.
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