Post Box at Cookridge Hospital South West of Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Post box.

Post Box at Cookridge Hospital South West of Lodge

WRENN ID
fallow-wattle-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1976
Type
Post box
Address
Post Box at Cookridge Hospital South West of Lodge, Hospital Lane
OS grid reference
SE 254 389
Coordinates
53.84607, -1.61449
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This post box, located south-west of the lodge at Cookridge Hospital, dates from around 1868 and is possibly designed by Norman Shaw. It is made of ashlar and cast-iron, featuring a chamfered plinth and a gabled top with a roll-moulded ridge. The front displays the initials 'VR' and a crown above the horizontal posting aperture, with a door located below.

Local climate

Post Box at Cookridge Hospital South West of Lodge receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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