Edward Viii Pillar Box, Albert Drive is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 March 2007. Pillar box.
Edward Viii Pillar Box, Albert Drive
- WRENN ID
- sunken-lime-jet
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 March 2007
- Type
- Pillar box
- OS grid reference
- NS 576 633
- Coordinates
- 55.84261, -4.27491
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Edward VIII pillar box on Albert Drive was made by the Carron Company in Stirlingshire in 1936. It is a columnar cast-iron structure featuring a swept frieze leading to a shallow-domed cap that has a dentilled rim. The base is painted black and includes the manufacturer's signature. The shaft displays 'EVIIIR' in raised Gothic lettering, with a crown above and the words 'POST OFFICE' below.
Local climate
Edward Viii Pillar Box, Albert Drive sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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