3 Posts at Head of Steps Leading Down to Provost Street is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Monument.

3 Posts at Head of Steps Leading Down to Provost Street

WRENN ID
standing-soffit-fen
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
Monument
Address
3 Posts at Head of Steps Leading Down to Provost Street, Silbury Street N1
OS grid reference
TQ 327 827
Coordinates
51.52835, -0.08839
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are three slender cast iron posts located at the top of the steps leading down to Provost Street. These posts date from the early to mid-19th century and are inscribed on their bases with the words "S.L.S. VESTRY."

Local climate

3 Posts at Head of Steps Leading Down to Provost 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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