Boundary Marker in Lane at Rear of Number 6 The Coastguard Houses is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Boundary marker.

Boundary Marker in Lane at Rear of Number 6 The Coastguard Houses

WRENN ID
noble-step-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Boundary marker
Address
Boundary Marker in Lane at Rear of Number 6 The Coastguard Houses, Bay View, Amble by the Sea
OS grid reference
NU 272 048
Coordinates
55.33675, -1.57218
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a harbour boundary marker located in the lane at the rear of Number 6 The Coastguard Houses, dating from around 1837. It is made of cast iron and features a rectangular pillar with an arched top. On the south-east face, there are raised letters that read "WHC," which stands for Warkworth Harbour Commissioners. The overall height of the marker is 0.5 metre.

Local climate

Boundary Marker in Lane at Rear of Number 6 The Coastguard Houses receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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