Pillar Box at Barnes Cross at St 693 118 is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Pillar box.
Pillar Box at Barnes Cross at St 693 118
- WRENN ID
- weathered-kitchen-soot
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Pillar box
- Address
- Pillar Box at Barnes Cross at St 693 118, Cornford Hill, Holwell
- OS grid reference
- ST 693 117
- Coordinates
- 50.90462, -2.43785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pillar box at Barnes Cross was built in 1853 and is a notable example of a non-standard type of pillar box. Manufactured by John Butt and Co. at the Sweetbriars Street Foundry in Gloucester for the Gloucester and Western District of the Post Office, this pillar box features a polygonal plan with a moulded plinth. It has a collecting door with an inset for a collection-times display below the crown, which is flanked by the initials "V R." The design includes a vertical slit for letters, a moulded cornice, and a peaked top. This pillar box is believed to be the oldest in public service, with only two other examples of different designs by the same manufacturer still in existence: one at the National Postal Museum in London and another as a private posting box at Stonehouse Hospital in Plymouth. It is only slightly later than the original design used in the Channel Islands.
Local climate
Pillar Box at Barnes Cross at St 693 118 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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