Pillar Box at NE corner of Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Merthyr Tydfil local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 January 1988. Pillar box.
Pillar Box at NE corner of Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- final-mantel-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Pillar box
- OS grid reference
- SO 049 063
- Coordinates
- 51.74766, -3.37795
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a circular iron pillar box located at the northeast corner of the Town Hall, dating from the early 20th century. It features a fluted rim and a shallow domed cap. The frieze has "POST OFFICE" lettering and includes a letter opening, along with a moulded base. The curved door is embossed with the crowned monogram "E VII R".
Local climate
Pillar Box at NE corner of Town Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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