Pillar Box Outside Number 40 is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. Pillar box.
Pillar Box Outside Number 40
- WRENN ID
- last-pier-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice MP: Emma Hardy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1994
- Type
- Pillar box
- Address
- Pillar Box Outside Number 40, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TA 101 286
- Coordinates
- 53.74302, -0.33095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a letter box located outside number 40 on High Street in Kingston upon Hull, dating from around 1850. It is made of cast iron and features a circular design with a deep moulded base. The front face has a curved door that includes a panel displaying collection times and the "VR" monogram. There is a slit for letters above the door, with the word "Post" to the left and "Office" to the right. The top of the letter box is shallowly domed and slightly projects outward.
Local climate
Pillar Box Outside Number 40 receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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