Letter Box at Junction with Grove Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. Letter box.

Letter Box at Junction with Grove Road

WRENN ID
dim-remnant-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Bournemouth West MP: Jessica Toale (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1988
Type
Letter box
Address
Letter Box at Junction with Grove Road, Meyrick Road
OS grid reference
SZ 095 910
Coordinates
50.7192, -1.86581
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a letter box located at the junction with Grove Road, dating from 1872. It was designed by Penfold and manufactured by Cochrane and Co of Dudley, Worcestershire. The letter box is made of red painted cast iron and has a hexagonal shape. It features Queen Victoria's monogram below the collection-time plate and the Royal coat of arms above the posting slit. The box is topped with an ogee cap that has an acorn finial, and it is of the smaller Penfold type.

Local climate

Letter Box at Junction with Grove Road receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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