Pillar Box Within the Royal Military Academy Main Building Grounds is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1987. Pillar box.

Pillar Box Within the Royal Military Academy Main Building Grounds

WRENN ID
tenth-kitchen-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 December 1987
Type
Pillar box
Address
Pillar Box Within the Royal Military Academy Main Building Grounds, Academy Road Se18
OS grid reference
TQ 430 771
Coordinates
51.47563, 0.05887
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pillar box located within the grounds of the Royal Military Academy on Academy Road dates back to the 1860s and is of the Penfold type. It is made of cast iron and features a hexagonal shape with a moulded base and top, along with a horizontal slit for mail. The front of the pillar box displays the VR insignia and the Royal Coat of Arms. The top is adorned with a cornice that includes beading, moulded ribs, leaves, and a topknot.

Local climate

Pillar Box Within the Royal Military Academy Main Building Grounds 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 98% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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