Pillar Box Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Cottage.

Pillar Box Cottage

WRENN ID
rusted-zinc-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Pillar Box Cottage, B3098, Little Cheverell
OS grid reference
ST 991 535
Coordinates
51.28138, -2.01418
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pillar Box Cottage is a cottage dating from the early to mid-18th century. It is constructed of brick on a greensand base and features a pantiled roof. The building consists of one bay and two storeys, with an extension to the left that incorporates a former outbuilding, creating a second bay. The cottage has a five-panelled door, with the upper panel being glazed, and a 12-paned sash window on the first floor, which is framed by a stone surround with an arris bead. This window replaces a blocked window that had a gauged arch and keystone. The left bay has a hipped slate roof, and there is a Victorian wall letterbox present. The left gable has been re-windowed in the 20th century, and there is a stack located on the left gable of the higher first bay.

Local climate

Pillar Box Cottage receives an average of 840 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 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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