Edward Viii Post Box, Corner Of Great George Street And Cecil Street is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 March 2010. Post box.

Edward Viii Post Box, Corner Of Great George Street And Cecil Street

WRENN ID
former-finial-amber
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 March 2010
Type
Post box
OS grid reference
NS 569 669
Coordinates
55.87472, -4.28873
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Edward VIII post box, located at the corner of Great George Street and Cecil Street, was built in 1936. This columnar pillar box features a swept frieze leading to a shallow domed cap, which is dentilled at the rim. It is prominently situated at a corner site and is made of red and black painted cast iron. The post box has a deep base and a shaft that faces east, containing a door equipped with a cup handle and lock. Above the door, there is a rectangular opening. The door is marked with "EVIIIR" in raised Gothic script, accompanied by a crown above and the words "POST OFFICE" below.

Local climate

Edward Viii Post Box, Corner Of Great George Street And Cecil Street 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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