East Gate Pillar Box is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1973. Pillar box.

East Gate Pillar Box

WRENN ID
tired-pediment-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Warwick
Constituency
Warwick and Leamington MP: Matt Western (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 1973
Type
Pillar box
OS grid reference
SP 283 649
Coordinates
52.2823, -1.58512
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The East Gate Pillar Box is a Victorian-era cylindrical pillar box made of fluted cast iron, dating from 1781. It features embossed initials "VR" and a crown, along with a round cap that has a conical top.

Local climate

East Gate Pillar Box receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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