GPO Pillar on corner with Road to St Nicholas' Church is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 May 1988. Pillar box.
GPO Pillar on corner with Road to St Nicholas' Church
- WRENN ID
- vast-rampart-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1988
- Type
- Pillar box
- Address
- GPO Pillar on corner with Road to St Nicholas' Church, St. Nicholas and Bonvilston
- OS grid reference
- ST 090 742
- Coordinates
- 51.46023, -3.31061
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a circular iron pillar box from the early 20th century, located at the corner with the road to St Nicholas' Church. It features a fluted rim on a shallow domed cap that supports a curved bracket with an oval Post Office direction sign. The frieze has "Post Office" lettering and includes a letter opening, along with a moulded base. The curved door has a collection plate above it, which is topped with the crowned monogram "GR" for King George V.
Local climate
GPO Pillar on corner with Road to St Nicholas' Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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