Wall Letter Box to the boundary wall of 1 and 2 Post Office Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 2023. Letter box. 1 related planning application.
Wall Letter Box to the boundary wall of 1 and 2 Post Office Cottages
- WRENN ID
- ancient-stair-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 2023
- Type
- Letter box
- Address
- Wall Letter Box to the boundary wall of 1 and 2 Post Office Cottages, B4509, Tortworth, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8HG
- OS grid reference
- ST 702 927
- Coordinates
- 51.63302, -2.43156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall letter box, designed in 1857 by Smith and Hawkes of Birmingham, is set into the boundary wall of 1 and 2 Post Office Cottages. The boundary wall itself is of lesser interest.
This letter box is made of cast iron and painted red. It features a standardized design with a moulded and panelled front. At the top, there is a horizontal opening with the words "POST OFFICE" above and "LETTER BOX" below. The original inward-opening flap has been removed. Below this, the panel displays the Royal Cypher of Queen Victoria along with the words "CLEARED AT," and a modern collection plate has been bolted beneath. The central panel serves as the door, while the bottom panel is solid.
Local climate
Wall Letter Box to the boundary wall of 1 and 2 Post Office Cottages receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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