Post at East Side of Corner of Plough Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Gunpost.

Post at East Side of Corner of Plough Yard

WRENN ID
quartered-lancet-cream
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 East Side of Corner of Plough Yard, Hearn Street Ec2
OS grid reference
TQ 333 821
Coordinates
51.52227, -0.07944
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early to mid 19th century cast iron gunpost located at the east side of the corner of Plough Yard on Hearn Street, EC2. The post features the inscription "S.L.S." on the plinth, indicating its association with the parish of St Leonard, Shoreditch, and it is also marked with the name "Faversham."

Local climate

Post at East Side of Corner of Plough Yard 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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