Coal Duty Boundary Marker at Junction with Crayford Road is a Grade II listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Boundary marker.

Coal Duty Boundary Marker at Junction with Crayford Road

WRENN ID
upper-stair-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartford
Constituency
Bexleyheath and Crayford MP: Daniel Francis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 April 1986
Type
Boundary marker
Address
Coal Duty Boundary Marker at Junction with Crayford Road, Maiden Lane, Bexley
OS grid reference
TQ 523 744
Coordinates
51.44875, 0.19102
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The coal duty boundary marker at the junction with Crayford Road is a cast iron structure erected in 1861 or shortly thereafter. It was cast by Henry Grisseli at the Regents Canal Ironworks. The marker is a square post with chamfered edges, featuring a projecting cornice and frieze that bears armorial shields. This post was established under the London Coal and Wine Duties (Continuance) Act of 1861.

Local climate

Coal Duty Boundary Marker at Junction with Crayford Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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