Coal Taxpost Outside the Central Service Station is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. A Victorian Monument.

Coal Taxpost Outside the Central Service Station

WRENN ID
fossil-string-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bromley
Constituency
Orpington MP: Gareth Bacon (Con)
Country
England
Type
Monument
Period
Victorian
Address
Coal Taxpost Outside the Central Service Station, Farnborough Way
OS grid reference
TQ 455 633
Coordinates
51.35043, 0.0888
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Coal Taxpost located outside the Central Service Station dates from 1861 and is made of cast iron. It has a square shape with chamfered sides and moulded caps, featuring a shield from the City's Arms. This taxpost is classified as No 192, type 2, in "The Coal Duties of the City of London and their Boundary Marks" published in 1972.

Local climate

Coal Taxpost Outside the Central Service Station 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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