Four posts between Falkirk Street and Shenfield Street is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Gunposts.

Four posts between Falkirk Street and Shenfield Street

WRENN ID
idle-oriel-onyx
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
Gunposts
Address
Four posts between Falkirk Street and Shenfield Street, Hoxton Street N1
OS grid reference
TQ 332 831
Coordinates
51.53115, -0.08007
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This listing describes a group of four cast iron gunposts located between Falkirk Street and Shenfield Street in Hoxton. The posts run in a north-south direction. The outer posts are inscribed with the date 'St. L.S. 1841,' while the inner posts are undated but feature an ornamental band below the collar.

Local climate

Four posts between Falkirk Street and Shenfield 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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