4 Cast Iron Posts on Pavement in Front of Number 39 is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. Cast iron posts.

4 Cast Iron Posts on Pavement in Front of Number 39

WRENN ID
hidden-balcony-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
Country
England
Type
Cast iron posts
Address
4 Cast Iron Posts on Pavement in Front of Number 39, High Street, LE16 7NX
OS grid reference
SP 731 874
Coordinates
52.48038, -0.92374
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Four cast iron posts located on the pavement in front of number 39 on High Street date from the 19th century. These posts were originally used to carry chains that separated the cattle market, which operated in the street until around 1903, from pedestrians. They were also used to tether horses and are painted red.

Local climate

4 Cast Iron Posts on Pavement in Front of Number 39 receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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