Post at North West Corner of Road at Junction with Dartford Road Outside No 8 is a Grade II listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. Post.

Post at North West Corner of Road at Junction with Dartford Road Outside No 8

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartford
Constituency
Dartford MP: Jim Dickson (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Post
Address
Post at North West Corner of Road at Junction with Dartford Road Outside No 8, Princes Road
OS grid reference
TQ 522 744
Coordinates
51.44882, 0.18914
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This mid-19th century cast iron post is located at the north-west corner of Princes Road, at the junction with Dartford Road, outside No. 8. The post is square with chamfered corners and features two projecting, moulded cornices with a shield in the space between. It has a chamfered top and is inscribed with "24 and 25 VICT CAP 42". The base of the post includes a plinth with moulded coping. This post historically marked a point for the collection of tax on coal entering London.

Local climate

Post at North West Corner of Road at Junction with Dartford Road Outside No 8 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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