Pillar Box is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 September 1991. Pillar box.

Pillar Box

WRENN ID
stony-sill-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 September 1991
Type
Pillar box
Address
Pillar Box, Builth
OS grid reference
SO 039 509
Coordinates
52.14844, -3.40473
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cylindrical cast iron pillar box of standard design. It features a fluted rim leading to a shallow domed cap. The door is marked with the monogram 'V R'.

Local climate

Pillar Box sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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