Pillar Box Approx. 87 Metres East-South-East of Bandstand is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Pillar box.

Pillar Box Approx. 87 Metres East-South-East of Bandstand

WRENN ID
night-timber-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1987
Type
Pillar box
OS grid reference
NZ 219 549
Coordinates
54.88882, -1.65998
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pillar box located approximately 87 metres east-south-east of the Bandstand at Beamish Museum. It was built between 1872 and 1879 and was gifted around 1960 from the General Post Office. The pillar box is an octagonal design of the third Penfold type. It features a plinth with moulded coping, a high band with a slot flanked by the words "POST" and "OFFICE," and a moulded cornice. The top has a leaf-decorated low ogee shape with a bud finial, and the VR monogram is positioned below the frame for the list of collection times. The name of the founder, Cochrane and Co. from Dudley, is inscribed on the plinth.

Local climate

Pillar Box Approx. 87 Metres East-South-East of Bandstand receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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