Postal Workers' War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 2014. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Postal Workers' War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- odd-remnant-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Postal Workers' War Memorial, Mount Pleasant Mail Centre, Farringdon Road, London, EC1A 1BB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 311 823
- Coordinates
- 51.52459, -0.11106
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Postal Workers' War Memorial, built in 1920, is a war memorial dedicated to postal workers. It is made of Portland stone and designed as an aedicule featuring Ionic columns and a broken semi-circular pediment. The memorial frames a stone tablet that lists the names of 130 men. Inside the tympanum, there is a gilt wreath and sword, along with the inscription: ‘PRO PATRIA / ET LIBERTATE’. A plaque below honors the memory of those who fell in the Great War from 1914 to 1919, stating: "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF / OUR HEROIC COMRADES WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919." The base is inscribed: ‘SUBSCRIBED FOR AND ERECTED BY THEIR COLLEAGUES / OF THE WESTERN POSTAL DISTRICT / AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THEIR SELF-SACRIFICE’. Additionally, the plinth features a metal plaque that commemorates those lost in the Second World War, inscribed ‘1939-1945’ along with the names of 56 men.
Local climate
Postal Workers' War Memorial 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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