Penfold Pillar Box Outside Parcel Force London Central Office (Office Not Included), St Pancras Way is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1987. Pillar box. 9 related planning applications.
Penfold Pillar Box Outside Parcel Force London Central Office (Office Not Included), St Pancras Way
- WRENN ID
- stark-soffit-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1987
- Type
- Pillar box
- Address
- Penfold Pillar Box Outside Parcel Force London Central Office (Office Not Included), St Pancras Way, NW1 0PT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 295 838
- Coordinates
- 51.53831, -0.13341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a Penfold pillar box, dating from circa 1872. It was designed by J.W. Penfold and manufactured by Cochrane and Co of Dudley. The box is constructed of cast iron and painted red. It has a hexagonal shape, featuring a beaded frieze and an ornate top decorated with acanthus-style leaves and a bud finial. Above the letter box opening is the Royal coat of arms, with the words "Post Office" flanking the opening and the letters "VR" entwined beneath the frame where the time plate would be. The box was originally located on the east side of St Pancras Way, but was moved to its present location outside Parcel Force London Central Office, on the west side of St Pancras Way, around 2014.
Local climate
Penfold Pillar Box Outside Parcel Force London Central Office (Office Not Included), St Pancras Way 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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