London Coal Duty Marker on Colney Heath, 20 Metres from Road, Opposite Cock Inn is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Marker.
London Coal Duty Marker on Colney Heath, 20 Metres from Road, Opposite Cock Inn
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-joist-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Marker
- OS grid reference
- TL 205 058
- Coordinates
- 51.73812, -0.25496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The London coal duty marker located on Colney Heath was erected between 1861 and 1862 to indicate the limit of coal duty in the London areas. This cast iron post is painted white and features chamfered corners. The capital is adorned with roll mouldings, and the front face displays the City of London crest, although there are no other inscriptions. The marker was cast by Henry Grissell iron works at Regents Canal in London and is one of four such markers in the parish. It is situated 20 metres from the road, opposite the Cock Inn.
Local climate
London Coal Duty Marker on Colney Heath, 20 Metres from Road, Opposite Cock Inn 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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