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
- stubborn-sandstone-sparrow
- 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
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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
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