Edward VII post box, In the wall of 51 Riverside, Antrim, BT41 4BL is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Antrim and Newtownabbey local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Edward VII post box, In the wall of 51 Riverside, Antrim, BT41 4BL
- WRENN ID
- third-steel-scarlet
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Constituency
- South Antrim MP: Robin Swann (UUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Edward VII post box, In the wall of 51 Riverside, Antrim, BT41 4BL, Town Parks, BT41 4BL
- Irish grid reference
- J 149 862
- Coordinates
- 54.71124, -6.21755
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a wall-mounted post box dating from the reign of King Edward VII (1901-1910), built into the front wall of a house of a similar date. The post box is made of cast iron and inscribed with ‘ER VII’; it is identified as letter box no. BT41 24.
The house is two-storeys high, with a slated roof, wet dash rendered walls, and arched timber sliding sash windows with 2 over 2 panes and horns on each floor. The main entrance is a rectangular, glazed, flush timber door with a plain fanlight. Side and rear elevations are of similar character, and the building has PVC rainwater goods.
The post box was manufactured to a standard design and installed during the Edward VII period. The house itself appears on Ordnance Survey maps from 1921, but not earlier maps from 1857, suggesting it was constructed in the early 20th century, contemporary with the post box. The building is situated facing directly onto the street, within a conservation area.
Local climate
Edward VII post box, In the wall of 51 Riverside, Antrim, BT41 4BL receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- No flood data for this area
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