Pillar Box Outside No 59 is a Grade II listed building in the Hammersmith and Fulham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. Pillar box.

Pillar Box Outside No 59

WRENN ID
young-oriel-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Constituency
Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1976
Type
Pillar box
Address
Pillar Box Outside No 59, Wood Lane W12
OS grid reference
TQ 233 802
Coordinates
51.50738, -0.22467
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pillar box located outside No. 59 is a hexagonal "Penfold" type, dating from 1872.

Local climate

Pillar Box Outside No 59 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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