Pillar Box Outside No. 51, Great Pulteney Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. Pillar box.

Pillar Box Outside No. 51, Great Pulteney Street

WRENN ID
high-brick-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1987
Type
Pillar box
OS grid reference
ST 755 651
Coordinates
51.38488, -2.35295
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pillar box located outside No. 51 on Great Pulteney Street, dating from around 1865. It is made of cast iron and is designed in a hexagonal shape known as a "Penfold." The top is swept domed and features falling leaf motifs between ridges on each facet. It has a bud finial on a moulded base, a cornice adorned with large beads, and a frieze displaying the royal coat-of-arms above the posting slit. The words "POST OFFICE" are positioned on either side of the slit, and there is a moulded frame for the posting times notice above a scrolled V R monogram. The door has canted sides, is hinged on the left, spans the front, and fastens to the right over a plinth.

Local climate

Pillar Box Outside No. 51, Great Pulteney Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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