Post Box, Tobermory Pier, Mull is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 May 1997. Post box.

Post Box, Tobermory Pier, Mull

WRENN ID
fossil-column-plum
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 May 1997
Type
Post box
OS grid reference
NM 507 553
Coordinates
56.62306, -6.06464
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a post box located at Tobermory Pier on the Isle of Mull, 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 lettering, with a crown above and the words 'Post Office' below. At the top, there is an oval bracket that holds a sign indicating the direction to the nearest post office.

Local climate

Post Box, Tobermory Pier, Mull sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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 0.2°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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