County Boundary Post is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Boundary post.

County Boundary Post

WRENN ID
kindled-frieze-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Fenland
Constituency
South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1987
Type
Boundary post
Address
County Boundary Post, Front Road, Tydd St. Giles
OS grid reference
TF 466 178
Coordinates
52.73834, 0.17079
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The County Boundary Post, dating from the mid-19th century, is a boundary marker made of painted cast iron. It is white with black detailing and features a rectangular post topped with an oval plaque. The left side of the post is inscribed with 'Isle of Ely' and the right side with 'Holland'. The oval plaque is inscribed with 'County Boundary'.

Local climate

County Boundary Post sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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