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

Pillar Box in West Grove

WRENN ID
lone-gutter-poplar
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 in West Grove, Tredegarville, Roath
OS grid reference
ST 188 769
Coordinates
51.48576, -3.17024
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cylindrical cast iron pillar box, painted red with a slightly wider black base. The base features the founders' name in raised letters. The hinged door has 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 in West Grove 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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