The Marks Stones (On East Side of Road North of Eastern Avenue, Set in A Hedge) is a Grade II listed building in the Barking and Dagenham local planning authority area, England. Boundary marker.
The Marks Stones (On East Side of Road North of Eastern Avenue, Set in A Hedge)
- WRENN ID
- leaning-dormer-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Constituency
- Ilford South MP: Jas Athwal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Boundary marker
- Address
- The Marks Stones (On East Side of Road North of Eastern Avenue, Set in A Hedge), Whalebone Lane North
- OS grid reference
- TQ 484 894
- Coordinates
- 51.58449, 0.14192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Marks Stones, located on the east side of the road north of Eastern Avenue and set in a hedge, are boundary markers of the Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, originally established in 1642. There are two stones: one is 12 inches high and inscribed with 'MARKS STONE', while the other is 30 inches high and bears the inscription 'MARKS STONE SEPT 1642'.
Local climate
The Marks Stones (On East Side of Road North of Eastern Avenue, Set in A Hedge) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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