Her Majesty's Inspector of Taxes is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1972. Office. 4 related planning applications.

Her Majesty's Inspector of Taxes

WRENN ID
idle-footing-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 April 1972
Type
Office
Address
Her Majesty's Inspector of Taxes, 4a, Finkin Street, Grantham
OS grid reference
SK 914 358
Coordinates
52.91258, -0.64194
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, known as No. 4A (formerly No. 3) H.M. Inspector of Taxes, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and stands three stories tall, featuring five windows across its facade. The ground floor has arcading that includes three windows and two doors, each with fanlights. The first floor windows are framed by moulded stone architraves that support pediments, while the second floor windows are set within moulded architraves. There is a decorative band located beneath the cills and above the ground floor. The building is topped with a stone cornice and a pediment.

Local climate

Her Majesty's Inspector of Taxes sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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