Post by Holroyds Plantation at Ngr Tq 15806235 is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Post.

Post by Holroyds Plantation at Ngr Tq 15806235

WRENN ID
sheer-stair-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Elmbridge
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Post
Address
Post by Holroyds Plantation at Ngr Tq 15806235, New Road
OS grid reference
TQ 158 623
Coordinates
51.34849, -0.33853
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a post located by Holroyds Plantation, dating from around 1860. It stands approximately 4½ feet high and is made of metal. The post features a four-legged plinth with a stop-chamfered pier above, which is topped by a moulded capital band and a pyramidal top. The front of the post displays a cast shield of the City of London, along with lettering on the pier below. This post served as a coal and wine tax marker, indicating the boundary where duty was payable, with the coal tax dating back to the 1660s.

Local climate

Post by Holroyds Plantation at Ngr Tq 15806235 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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