Coal Taxpost Approximately Five Yards to West Side of Milking Lane on Downe Golf Course is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. Tax post.
Coal Taxpost Approximately Five Yards to West Side of Milking Lane on Downe Golf Course
- WRENN ID
- silver-brass-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Orpington MP: Gareth Bacon (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tax post
- OS grid reference
- TQ 424 611
- Coordinates
- 51.33167, 0.04268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This coal taxpost, located approximately five yards to the west side of Milking Lane on Downe Golf Course, 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 187 type 2d in "The Coal Duties of the City of London and their Boundary Marks" published in 1972.
Local climate
Coal Taxpost Approximately Five Yards to West Side of Milking Lane on Downe Golf Course receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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