Pillar Box Outside Numbers 169-191 is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1978. Pillar box. 3 related planning applications.

Pillar Box Outside Numbers 169-191

WRENN ID
twisted-tracery-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington North MP: Jeremy Corbyn (YP)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1978
Type
Pillar box
Address
Pillar Box Outside Numbers 169-191, Highbury New Park, N5 2EU
OS grid reference
TQ 323 860
Coordinates
51.55773, -0.09234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cast iron hexagonal pillar box dating from 1866 to 1876, designed by J.W. Penfold. It stands on a high plinth with a ball cornice and features a raised ogee top decorated with a leaf pattern, culminating in a pineapple finial. The pillar box is of group value and is located outside numbers 169-191 Highbury New Park.

Local climate

Pillar Box Outside Numbers 169-191 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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  • Sale history — 11 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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