West Gate Pillar Box is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1973. A Victorian Pillar box.
West Gate Pillar Box
- WRENN ID
- former-rood-rush
- 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 280 647
- Coordinates
- 52.27989, -1.59042
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The West Gate Pillar Box is an early Victorian 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
West 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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