Two Marker Posts Situated on the South East Side of Holme Lode is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1988. Marker post.
Two Marker Posts Situated on the South East Side of Holme Lode
- WRENN ID
- fallow-steel-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1988
- Type
- Marker post
- Address
- Two Marker Posts Situated on the South East Side of Holme Lode, Holme Fen Nature Reserve
- OS grid reference
- TL 202 893
- Coordinates
- 52.48924, -0.22986
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two marker posts are located on the south-east side of Holme Lode. Post A was erected in 1851 by William Wells, replacing an earlier wooden post from 1848, while Post B was erected in 1957. Both posts are made of cast iron and were installed to mark the shrinkage of peat as the water table was lowered following the drainage of Whittlesea Mere. Post A, originally from the Crystal Palace Exhibition hall, features a fluted column with an octagonal base and is supported on poles with iron ties. Post B is an octagonal column mounted on a concrete base, with metal plaques inscribed with ground levels and corresponding dates. Whittlesea Mere, of which the nature reserve is a small surviving part, was drained between 1849 and 1853. The nature reserve is managed by the Nature Conservancy Council.
Local climate
Two Marker Posts Situated on the South East Side of Holme Lode sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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