Post on North Corner of Hewett Street is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Post.

Post on North Corner of Hewett Street

WRENN ID
sheer-entrance-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1975
Type
Post
Address
Post on North Corner of Hewett Street, Curtain Road Ec2
OS grid reference
TQ 332 822
Coordinates
51.52319, -0.08033
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cast gunpost located on the north corner of Hewett Street at the east side of Curtain Road. It is inscribed with "St. L.S. 1845."

Local climate

Post on North Corner of Hewett Street 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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