Post Box is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 2001. Post box.

Post Box

WRENN ID
weathered-plinth-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff North MP: Anna McMorrin (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 November 2001
Type
Post box
Address
Post Box, Rhiwbina Garden Village (N), Rhiwbina
OS grid reference
ST 157 811
Coordinates
51.52299, -3.2157
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast-iron cylindrical post box, designed in a standard style. It features a domical cap with a fluted rim. The door is adorned with the Imperial Crown and the "GR" monogram of George V. The plinth has an inscription that reads "Carron Company, Stirlingshire."

Local climate

Post 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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