Fluted Letter Box in Grounds of Colesgrove Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1999. Pillar box.
Fluted Letter Box in Grounds of Colesgrove Manor
- WRENN ID
- shifting-buttress-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxbourne
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1999
- Type
- Pillar box
- Address
- Fluted Letter Box in Grounds of Colesgrove Manor, Halstead Hill
- OS grid reference
- TL 332 025
- Coordinates
- 51.70594, -0.07247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fluted Letter Box in the grounds of Colesgrove Manor is a unique pillar box made between 1855 and 1856 by Smith and Hawkes of Birmingham, designed by the Post Office Architect Mr. Edge. It is constructed from cast iron and painted red. The box features a fluted shaft with a vertical opening and a frieze inscribed with "POST OFFICE." It has a tall domed cap topped by a crown on a tasselled cushion, standing nearly eight feet high. This pillar box is one of only three remaining examples of its kind, as the design was later deemed too expensive. Originally, it was located either at the City end of London Bridge near Fishmongers' Hall or at New Street, Birmingham. It was taken out of service in the 1880s, exhibited in 1890 for the Penny Post Jubilee Celebrations, and later loaned to the curator of the National Postal Museum, who installed it at Colesgrove Manor.
Local climate
Fluted Letter Box in Grounds of Colesgrove Manor sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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