Post at Narrowing of Road is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Gunpost.

Post at Narrowing of Road

WRENN ID
peeling-hinge-finch
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
Gunpost
Address
Post at Narrowing of Road, Goldsmith's Square E2
OS grid reference
TQ 343 834
Coordinates
51.53361, -0.06413
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early to mid 19th century cast iron gunpost located at the narrowing of the road in Goldsmith's Square, E2. It features an inscription on the plinth that reads "S.L.S. Vestry."

Local climate

Post at Narrowing of Road 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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