Coal Tax Post on the Junction Between King Henry's Drive and Boundary Line is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1983. Post.

Coal Tax Post on the Junction Between King Henry's Drive and Boundary Line

WRENN ID
solemn-portal-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon East MP: Natasha Irons (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 February 1983
Type
Post
OS grid reference
TQ 394 613
Coordinates
51.33384, 0.00066
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Coal Tax Post, located at the junction of King Henry's Drive and Boundary Line, is a cast iron structure from 1861. It has a quadrangular shape with chamfered angles and is inscribed with "1861 Henry Grissell, Regent's Canal iron works."

Local climate

Coal Tax Post on the Junction Between King Henry's Drive and Boundary Line 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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