Edward Viii, 70 Hyndland Road is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 May 2001. Pillar box.

Edward Viii, 70 Hyndland Road

WRENN ID
lapsed-quartz-harvest
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow West MP: Patricia Ferguson (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 May 2001
Type
Pillar box
OS grid reference
NS 558 675
Coordinates
55.87983, -4.30542
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a columnar pillar box made by the Carron Company in Stirlingshire, dated 1936. It features 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 and displaying the manufacturer's embossed signature. The shaft of the pillar box is marked with "EVIIIR" in raised gothic lettering, which is topped with a crown, and has "Post Office" inscribed below.

Local climate

Edward Viii, 70 Hyndland Road 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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