Pillar Box is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1987. Pillar box.

Pillar Box

WRENN ID

blind-lead-candle

Grade

II

Local Planning Authority

Lambeth

Constituency

Dulwich and West Norwood MP: Helen Hayes (Lab)

Country

England

Date first listed

27 January 1987

Type

Pillar box

Address

Pillar Box, Mervan Road

OS grid reference

TQ 312 750

Coordinates

51.45947, -0.11283

Source

Historic England listing

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Description

Local climate

Pillar Box 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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