Aa Sentry Box (No 472), Cambus O'May is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 2003. Sentry box.
Aa Sentry Box (No 472), Cambus O'May
- WRENN ID
- seventh-hall-acorn
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 June 2003
- Type
- Sentry box
- OS grid reference
- NO 426 976
- Coordinates
- 57.066, -2.94761
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Sentry Box (No 472) in Cambus O'May was built between 1956 and 1967, with later refurbishments. It is a square-plan timber boarded structure, measuring approximately 2 metres by 0.75 metres by 0.75 metres, topped with a cross-gabled zinc clad roof that features a central ventilator. The box is set on a concrete base and has vertical black painted boarding on the side and rear elevations. Each side has a rectangular panel inscribed with "BOX 472." The entrance features a flush panel door adorned with a moulded yellow winged interlaced "AA" livery, which dates back to the 1990s re-branding, along with a weathering fillet above. Yellow painted strips accentuate each corner of the box. The gablets are bargeboarded and also display the "AA" livery from the 1990s. Backlit square name panels reading "CAMBUS O'MAY" are located on the left side, while "BOX" is displayed on the front and side faces. Inside, the box is plastic-lined and includes a cupboard at the rear, as well as a disconnected 1-button telephone from 2002 located to the right.
Local climate
Aa Sentry Box (No 472), Cambus O'May sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 80 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 57 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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