Edward Viii Post Box, Comely Park, Dunfermline is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 March 2000. Post box. 4 related planning applications.
Edward Viii Post Box, Comely Park, Dunfermline
- WRENN ID
- keen-rood-birch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 March 2000
- Type
- Post box
- Address
- Edward Viii Post Box, Comely Park, Dunfermline, KY12 7HU
- OS grid reference
- NT 095 871
- Coordinates
- 56.06845, -3.45446
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Edward VIII post box, located in Comely Park, Dunfermline, 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 and painted red, the base is painted black. The shaft of the post box displays 'EVIIIR' in raised lettering, with a crown above and 'Post Office' below.
Local climate
Edward Viii Post Box, Comely Park, Dunfermline receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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