Pillar Box at Corner of Benson Road is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1986. Pillar box.

Pillar Box at Corner of Benson Road

WRENN ID
solitary-eave-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lewisham
Constituency
Lewisham West and East Dulwich MP: Ellie Reeves (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1986
Type
Pillar box
Address
Pillar Box at Corner of Benson Road, Devonshire Road Se23
OS grid reference
TQ 355 735
Coordinates
51.44433, -0.05162
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pillar box located at the corner of Benson Road and Devonshire Road, dating from around 1859 to 1879. It is made of cast iron and features a hexagonal shape in the Penfold design, characterized by a foliated ogee top and a knob finial.

Local climate

Pillar Box at Corner of Benson Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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