Pillar Box is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Pillar box.
Pillar Box
- WRENN ID
- winding-soffit-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1972
- Type
- Pillar box
- Address
- Pillar Box, Laura Place, BA2 4BH
- OS grid reference
- ST 752 650
- Coordinates
- 51.38357, -2.35672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pillar box located on the southwest side of Laura Place, built in 1867. It is made of cast iron and features a hexagonal "Penfold" design. The ogee dome is adorned with acanthus-leaf ornamentation and topped with a large bud finial. The cornice has large balls, and there is a royal crest on the frieze above two lintel bands. The front has a slit for posting letters, flanked by raised letters that read "POST" on the left and "OFFICE" on the right. Below the slit, there is a frame displaying posting times alongside a scrolled VR monogram. The pillar box stands on a moulded plinth, and the door and lock are located on the right-hand facet.
Local climate
Pillar Box 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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