Pillar Box outside 81 Ninian Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 May 2002. Pillar box.

Pillar Box outside 81 Ninian Road

WRENN ID
twisted-flue-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff East MP: Jo Stevens (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 May 2002
Type
Pillar box
Address
Pillar Box outside 81 Ninian Road, Roath Park, Roath
OS grid reference
ST 186 785
Coordinates
51.50001, -3.17283
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cylindrical cast iron pillar box located outside 81 Ninian Road. It is painted red, with the base concealed. The hinged door features the embossed royal cipher 'VR'. Above the door is a horizontal posting aperture, which is flanked by the words 'Post Office' in relief. The box is topped with a projecting shallow domed cap that has a fluted cornice.

Local climate

Pillar Box outside 81 Ninian Road 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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