Coal Tax Post, East Side of Coulsdon Road at Junction with the Grove 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 Coulsdon Road at Junction with the Grove
- WRENN ID
- idle-entrance-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon South MP: Chris Philp (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1983
- Type
- Tax post
- Address
- Coal Tax Post, East Side of Coulsdon Road at Junction with the Grove, Caterham-On-The-Hill, Tandridge
- OS grid reference
- TQ 322 567
- Coordinates
- 51.29485, -0.10527
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The coal tax post, located on the east side of Coulsdon Road at the junction with The Grove, dates from around 1861. It is a metal structure approximately 4½ feet high, featuring a four-legged plinth with a chamfered pier above. The post has a moulded capital band and a pyramidal top. On the front, there is a cast City of London shield, and the pier is inscribed with the lettering "24 & 25 VICT/CAP 42". This post served as a coal and wine tax marker, indicating the boundary where duty was payable, with the coal tax dating back to the 1660s.
Local climate
Coal Tax Post, East Side of Coulsdon Road at Junction with the Grove 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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