Coal Tax Post, East Side of Ditches Lane Near Devilsden Wood is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1983. Tax post.
Coal Tax Post, East Side of Ditches Lane Near Devilsden Wood
- WRENN ID
- scattered-copper-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon South MP: Chris Philp (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1983
- Type
- Tax post
- OS grid reference
- TQ 304 568
- Coordinates
- 51.29565, -0.131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coal Tax Post, located on the east side of Ditches Lane near Devilsden Wood, dates back to 1861. It is made of cast iron and features chamfered sides with a moulded cap. The post bears the Arms of the City of London.
Local climate
Coal Tax Post, East Side of Ditches Lane Near Devilsden Wood receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 67% 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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