Postbox at the Junction with Water Street is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1986. Postbox.
Postbox at the Junction with Water Street
- WRENN ID
- muffled-corner-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1986
- Type
- Postbox
- Address
- Postbox at the Junction with Water Street, the Square
- OS grid reference
- SK 056 735
- Coordinates
- 53.25866, -1.91618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Postbox located at the junction with Water Street, built in 1866, features a Penfold design. It is made of cast iron and has a moulded and decorated ogee cap with an acorn finial, sitting on a hexagonal base with a moulded design. The royal coat of arms is positioned above a recessed posting slot, which is flanked by the words "Post" and "Office" within raised bands. Below this, the raised initials "VR" are situated above a collection times plate that is encased in a raised moulded surround. The inscription at the base reads "Cochrane and Dudley."
Local climate
Postbox at the Junction with Water Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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