Pillar Box outside Midland Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 August 1991. Pillar box.
Pillar Box outside Midland Bank
- WRENN ID
- high-forge-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1991
- Type
- Pillar box
- Address
- Pillar Box outside Midland Bank, Newcastle Emlyn
- OS grid reference
- SN 307 405
- Coordinates
- 52.03714, -4.46932
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a mid-20th century circular pillar box made of cast iron, standing approximately 1.5 meters high. It features a black painted base marked 'Carron Company Stirlingshire'. The main body of the pillar box is painted red and includes a cap on top. The shaft displays the initials 'GR', a royal crown, and the words 'Post Office' above and below the letter opening.
Local climate
Pillar Box outside Midland Bank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
- No related consent applications matched
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