Pillar Box Outside Number 12 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. A Victorian Post box.

Pillar Box Outside Number 12

WRENN ID
buried-cobble-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1984
Type
Post box
Period
Victorian
Address
Pillar Box Outside Number 12, Kensington Palace Gardens W8, W8 4QU
OS grid reference
TQ 256 802
Coordinates
51.50751, -0.19127
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pillar box located outside number 12 in Kensington Palace Gardens is a mid-19th century Penfold hexagonal design.

Local climate

Pillar Box Outside Number 12 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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