Pillar Box Adjacent to Cornwall House is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1988. Pillar box.

Pillar Box Adjacent to Cornwall House

WRENN ID
brooding-hammer-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1988
Type
Pillar box
Address
Pillar Box Adjacent to Cornwall House, SW7 4AE
OS grid reference
TQ 258 791
Coordinates
51.49707, -0.1881
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pillar box adjacent to Cornwall House, built in the 1860s, is a Penfold type made of cast iron. It is hexagonal in shape, featuring a moulded base and top, along with a horizontal slit for posting letters. The front displays the VR insignia and the Royal Coat of Arms. The top is adorned with a cornice that includes beading, moulded leaves, ribs, and an egg-shaped finial.

Local climate

Pillar Box Adjacent to Cornwall House 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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