London Coal Duty Marker Immediately North West of Numbers 2 and 4 Marble Arch Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Marker.
London Coal Duty Marker Immediately North West of Numbers 2 and 4 Marble Arch Cottages
- WRENN ID
- small-chamber-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- Marker
- Address
- London Coal Duty Marker Immediately North West of Numbers 2 and 4 Marble Arch Cottages, Watling Street, Aldenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 160 007
- Coordinates
- 51.69338, -0.32242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The London Coal Duty Marker, located immediately northwest of numbers 2 and 4 Marble Arch Cottages, dates from 1861. It was cast by H. Grissell at the Regents Canal Ironworks. This marker is made of cast iron and features a square pier with chamfered corners and a pyramid top, which is partly buried. The necking of the marker displays the City of London crest, and the front face is inscribed with '24 Vict'.
Local climate
London Coal Duty Marker Immediately North West of Numbers 2 and 4 Marble Arch Cottages 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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