Old Post Box Opposite Horsley School is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1986. Pillar box.
Old Post Box Opposite Horsley School
- WRENN ID
- weathered-railing-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Amber Valley MP: Linsey Farnsworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1986
- Type
- Pillar box
- Address
- Old Post Box Opposite Horsley School, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- SK 377 444
- Coordinates
- 52.9961, -1.43843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Box opposite Horsley School is a pillar box built in 1869. It is made of coursed squared Coxbench sandstone and features a tall square pillar topped with large stone coping. There is a small opening on the east side, which is now covered by a 20th-century plaque. The plaque is inscribed with the information that this unique pillar box was built in 1869 from Coxbench stone for the village of Horsley and that it ceased to be used in 1887.
Local climate
Old Post Box Opposite Horsley School receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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