Post Office Pillar Box on Corner of Abercromby Square is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Pillar box. 1 related planning application.

Post Office Pillar Box on Corner of Abercromby Square

WRENN ID
standing-moat-hawk
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 Abercromby Square, Chatham Street, L7 7ZH
OS grid reference
SJ 359 899
Coordinates
53.40235, -2.96432
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pillar box located on the corner of Abercromby Square, dating from around 1866. It is made of cast iron and has a hexagonal shape. The design features a cornice, pellet moulding, and a petal-shaped ogival cap topped with an acorn finial.

Local climate

Post Office Pillar Box on Corner of Abercromby Square 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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