Forged Fence with a Stork and Letterbox (BM9)

In BM9 a stork in a postman’s cap stands between forged roses and sunflowers, holding a bag that is actually a letterbox.

Letters go into the bag from the street and are collected from the garden through a small locked door.

The stork is three-dimensional and entirely hand-made, and the span can be adapted in any way. More practical designs are collected among our forged letterboxes.

A letterbox with a story

BM9 combines botanical metalwork with a practical detail. Forged roses, sunflowers and leaves form a light garden scene, and in its middle stands a stork in a postman’s cap. The bag on its shoulder is the letterbox: letters are posted into it from the street and collected from the garden through a small locked door, so the post never has to be fetched from outside the gate.

Function built into the form

Because the letterbox was part of the design from the start, it does not look like an afterthought. Its size is chosen to take standard envelopes and small magazines, the opening is protected from rain, and the inside is accessible only from the property. The rest of the span keeps the elegance of a decorative panel.

Ideas for the entrance

The stork postman works best next to a pedestrian gate, where visitors and the postman see it first. The scene around it can be changed: other flowers, a different bird, or a house number held in the stork’s beak. Children love it, and it quickly becomes the landmark by which the house is recognised.

Every element is three-dimensional and made by hand, and the span is protected for outdoor use. Practical designs with letterboxes in other forms are collected among our forged letterboxes.

Practical details of the letterbox

The bag is made of steel sheet with a lid that keeps rain out of the slot, and its inside door has a lock and keys. Drainage holes at the bottom let moisture escape, and the interior is painted like the outside, so letters stay dry. The slot is set at a comfortable height for the postman, usually about one metre above the pavement.

Some clients add a newspaper holder under the bag or a small bell that rings when the lid is lifted. These details are designed together with the stork, so they look like part of the sculpture rather than accessories.

The stork can also hold a sign with the family name or the house number in its beak, which makes the entrance easy to find for visitors and couriers. All moving parts are galvanized and greased, so the lid and the door work smoothly for years.

A tidy front of the house

Fence spans with built-in letterboxes are chosen where order at the entrance and a consistent look of the whole property matter. Instead of a random box hung beside the wicket or on a post, the post has its place inside the span, and the front of the house looks finished from the start rather than assembled from accessories later on.