Pillar Box is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 June 2001. Infrastructure.

Pillar Box

WRENN ID
ancient-barrel-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
6 June 2001
Type
Infrastructure
Address
Pillar Box, Llandudno
OS grid reference
SH 778 827
Coordinates
53.32726, -3.8349
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast iron letter box of standard design. It features a shallow domed cap with a ribbed edge and a cylindrical body. The door of the letter box bears the monogram "VR". It stands on a raised plinth that includes the maker's stamp.

Local climate

Pillar Box sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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