Post on Land of Gun Club, on East Side of Lane Which Forms the West Boundary of the Shooting Ground and the West Boundary of the Former Borough of Dartford is a Grade II listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. Post.
Post on Land of Gun Club, on East Side of Lane Which Forms the West Boundary of the Shooting Ground and the West Boundary of the Former Borough of Dartford
- WRENN ID
- scarred-cinder-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford MP: Daniel Francis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Post
- Address
- Post on Land of Gun Club, on East Side of Lane Which Forms the West Boundary of the Shooting Ground and the West Boundary of the Former Borough of Dartford, East Rochester Way
- OS grid reference
- TQ 511 739
- Coordinates
- 51.44451, 0.17429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mid-19th century cast iron post is located on the land of a gun club, positioned on the east side of a lane that forms the western boundary of the shooting ground and the former Borough of Dartford. The post is square with chamfered corners and features two projecting moulded cornices, with a shield in the space between. It has a chamfered top and bears the inscription "24 and 25 VICT CAP 42". The base of the post includes a plinth with moulded coping. This post serves as a marker for the collection of tax on coal entering London.
Local climate
Post on Land of Gun Club, on East Side of Lane Which Forms the West Boundary of the Shooting Ground and the West Boundary of the Former Borough of Dartford sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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