Edward VIII post box, Nithsdale Drive, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 February 2018. Post box.

Edward VIII post box, Nithsdale Drive, Glasgow

WRENN ID
veiled-lancet-fen
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South MP: Gordon McKee (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 February 2018
Type
Post box
OS grid reference
NS 580 628
Coordinates
55.83827, -4.26863
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The post box on Nithsdale Drive in Glasgow was made by the Carron Company from Stirlingshire, as indicated by its embossed signature, and was erected in 1936. It is a columnar cast iron pillar box featuring a swept frieze beneath a shallow domed cap, which has a dentilled rim. The base is painted black, while the shaft is painted red. The door, located on the west side, has a cup handle and lock, and displays the cipher 'EVIIIR' in raised gothic lettering, with a crown above and the words 'Post Office' embossed below. There is a rectangular opening for letters above the door, and the phrase 'Next Collection' is embossed to the left above the letter opening.

Local climate

Edward VIII post box, Nithsdale Drive, Glasgow 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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