Pillar Box is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. Pillar box.

Pillar Box

WRENN ID
heavy-window-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Windsor MP: Jack Rankin (Con)
Country
England
Type
Pillar box
Address
Pillar Box, High Street, Eton
OS grid reference
SU 966 774
Coordinates
51.48746, -0.60885
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a mid-19th century pillar box located on the east side of High Street. It features a fluted pillar topped by a traditional pill box design.

Local climate

Pillar Box sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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