Pillar Box at the Junction of Norfolk Road and St John's Road is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1975. Pillar box.

Pillar Box at the Junction of Norfolk Road and St John's Road

WRENN ID
steep-ashlar-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gravesham
Constituency
Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1975
Type
Pillar box
OS grid reference
TQ 656 739
Coordinates
51.4407, 0.38252
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pillar box at the junction of Norfolk Road and St John's Road was built between 1856 and 1860. It features a fluted design with a vertical posting aperture, a conical cap, and a moulded base.

Local climate

Pillar Box at the Junction of Norfolk Road and St John's Road 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 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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