Coal taxpost by entrance to Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Coal taxpost by entrance to Recreation Ground
- WRENN ID
- watchful-transept-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Orpington MP: Gareth Bacon (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Coal taxpost by entrance to Recreation Ground, Chelsfield Lane, BR6 7RP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 479 650
- Coordinates
- 51.36566, 0.12407
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The coal taxpost located by the entrance to the Recreation Ground on Chelsfield Lane dates from 1861. It is made of cast iron and has a square shape with chamfered sides and moulded caps. The post features a shield from the City's Arms and is classified as No 199, Type 2C in "The Coal Duties of the City of London and their Boundary Marks" published in 1972.
Local climate
Coal taxpost by entrance to Recreation Ground sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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