Edward Viii Post Box, Sinclair Street, Milngavie is a Grade C listed building in the East Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 April 2002. Post box.

Edward Viii Post Box, Sinclair Street, Milngavie

WRENN ID
plain-marble-clover
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Dunbartonshire
Constituency
Mid Dunbartonshire MP: Susan Murray (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 April 2002
Type
Post box
OS grid reference
NS 553 748
Coordinates
55.94476, -4.31813
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a pillar-type letter box from 1936, designed during the reign of Edward VIII. It features a columnar shape with a swept frieze leading to a shallow-domed cap that has a dentilled rim. The box is made of cast iron, with the base painted black. The shaft displays "EVIIIR" in raised gothic lettering, topped with a crown, and the words "Post Office" below. There is also a later attached ironwork pouch.

Local climate

Edward Viii Post Box, Sinclair Street, Milngavie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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