Coal Tax Post on North Side of Railway Embankment at Ngr Tq 14026580 is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Coal tax post.

Coal Tax Post on North Side of Railway Embankment at Ngr Tq 14026580

WRENN ID
crumbling-pilaster-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Elmbridge
Constituency
Esher and Walton MP: Monica Harding (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Coal tax post
Address
Coal Tax Post on North Side of Railway Embankment at Ngr Tq 14026580, Douglas Road
OS grid reference
TQ 140 657
Coordinates
51.37981, -0.36303
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This coal tax post, located on the north side of the railway embankment, dates from around 1861. It is a granite obelisk approximately 8 feet high, standing on a moulded square plinth. The post marks the boundary at which duty was payable on coal, a practice that dates back to the 1660s.

Local climate

Coal Tax Post on North Side of Railway Embankment at Ngr Tq 14026580 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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