Edward Viii Pillar Box, Gregness Gardens, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 2000. Pillar box.

Edward Viii Pillar Box, Gregness Gardens, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
late-chimney-sable
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 June 2000
Type
Pillar box
OS grid reference
NJ 950 044
Coordinates
57.13067, -2.08336
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Edward VIII pillar box, located in Gregness Gardens, Aberdeen, was built in 1936. It features a columnar design with a swept frieze leading to a shallow-domed cap that has a dentilled rim. Made of cast iron, the base is painted black. The shaft displays "EVIIIR" in raised gothic lettering, with a crown above and the words "Post Office" below.

Local climate

Edward Viii Pillar Box, Gregness Gardens, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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