Post Office pillar box on corner of Gower Street, Salthouse Quay is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Pillar box. 37 related planning applications.
Post Office pillar box on corner of Gower Street, Salthouse Quay
- WRENN ID
- buried-basalt-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Pillar box
- Address
- Post Office pillar box on corner of Gower Street, Salthouse Quay, L3 4AD
- OS grid reference
- SJ 342 896
- Coordinates
- 53.39968, -2.99039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Office pillar box located at the corner of Gower Street on Salthouse Quay is a Grade II listed structure. This pillar box, which dates back to 1863, is made of cast iron and features a cylindrical shape with a plinth. It has a horizontal slot for posting mail and is adorned with a frieze that includes two rope mouldings and the words "Post Office" in raised lettering. The top of the box is octagonal and moulded, topped with a crown.
Local climate
Post Office pillar box on corner of Gower Street, Salthouse Quay sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 37 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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