Pillar Box on Corner of Church Lane and Path to St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Pillar box.

Pillar Box on Corner of Church Lane and Path to St Mary's Church

WRENN ID
tilted-alcove-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1987
Type
Pillar box
Address
Pillar Box on Corner of Church Lane and Path to St Mary's Church, Church Lane E17
OS grid reference
TQ 378 891
Coordinates
51.5846, -0.01167
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pillar box located at the corner of Church Lane and the path leading to St Mary's Church in Walthamstow, E17. It was likely built around 1865 and is designed in the octagonal penfold style.

Local climate

Pillar Box on Corner of Church Lane and Path to St Mary's Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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