Coal and Wine Post Opposite High Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Hillingdon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 2001. Duty post.
Coal and Wine Post Opposite High Lodge
- WRENN ID
- peeling-marble-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hillingdon
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 2001
- Type
- Duty post
- Address
- Coal and Wine Post Opposite High Lodge, Rickmansworth Road, Batchworth, Three Rivers
- OS grid reference
- TQ 058 922
- Coordinates
- 51.61907, -0.47262
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coal and Wine Post opposite High Lodge is a duty post dating from 1862, made of cast iron. It has a square plan and features a base with a raised inscription that reads "Henry Grissell, 1862, Regents Canal Iron Works, London." The post has a square shaft with chamfered corners, which is inscribed with ".4 & 25 VICT CAP 42." It also includes a moulded band and a moulded top that culminates in a pyramidal cap. These posts were installed following the 1851 and 1861 Acts to define the boundaries of London for coal and wine duties.
Local climate
Coal and Wine Post Opposite High Lodge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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