Post at North Corner of Scrutton Street is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Post. 1 related planning application.

Post at North Corner of Scrutton Street

WRENN ID
salt-parapet-weasel
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 at North Corner of Scrutton Street, Paul Street Ec2, EC2A 4JJ
OS grid reference
TQ 330 822
Coordinates
51.52339, -0.0843
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early to mid-19th century cast iron post located at the north corner of Scrutton Street. It is a gunpost, featuring the maker's name, “BAILEY AND PEGG, 81 BANKSIDE”, cast on the collar. The post has group value as an example of cast iron street furniture.

Local climate

Post at North Corner of Scrutton 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
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  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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