Coal Taxpost (Obelisk) on North Side of Railway 500 Yards West of Swanley Station is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1973. Taxpost.
Coal Taxpost (Obelisk) on North Side of Railway 500 Yards West of Swanley Station
- WRENN ID
- unlit-minaret-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1973
- Type
- Taxpost
- OS grid reference
- TQ 504 681
- Coordinates
- 51.39236, 0.16137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coal Taxpost, also known as an obelisk, is located on the north side of the railway, 500 yards west of Swanley Station. It was erected before 1861 and is made of stone, standing approximately 14 feet high. The obelisk features a carved cartouche that displays the arms of the City of London along with the motto 'Domine dirigie nos'. This type of Coal Taxpost was specifically erected on railways and is classified as number 206 type 4b in "The Coal Duties of the City of London and their Boundary Marks" published in 1972 by Martin Nail.
Local climate
Coal Taxpost (Obelisk) on North Side of Railway 500 Yards West of Swanley Station 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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