Pillar Box, Immediately in Front of the Station Forecourt Railings, in A Central Position is a Grade II listed building in the Gosport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1983. Pillbox.
Pillar Box, Immediately in Front of the Station Forecourt Railings, in A Central Position
- WRENN ID
- waning-gallery-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gosport
- Constituency
- Gosport MP: Dame Caroline Dinenage (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 1983
- Type
- Pillbox
- Address
- Pillar Box, Immediately in Front of the Station Forecourt Railings, in A Central Position, Spring Garden Lane
- OS grid reference
- SU 614 001
- Coordinates
- 50.7979, -1.12929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pillar box, located directly in front of the station forecourt railings in a central position, dates from around 1866 to 1879. It is a notable example of the hexagonal 'Penfold' design and is still in use, featuring the inscription V.R.
Local climate
Pillar Box, Immediately in Front of the Station Forecourt Railings, in A Central Position receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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