Post North of Desborough Channel at Ngr Tq 07916643 is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. A Victorian Boundary marker.
Post North of Desborough Channel at Ngr Tq 07916643
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-shingle-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Constituency
- Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Boundary marker
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Post North of Desborough Channel at Ngr Tq 07916643, Tow Path of River Thames
- OS grid reference
- TQ 079 664
- Coordinates
- 51.38666, -0.4506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a post located north of the Desborough Channel, dating from around 1860. It stands approximately 3½ feet high and is made of metal. The post features a four-legged plinth with a chamfered pier above, topped with a moulded capital band and a pyramidal top. On the front, there is a City of London shield, along with lettering on the pier that reads "24 & 25 / VICT. CAP. 42". This post served as a coal and wine tax marker, indicating the boundary where duty was payable, with the coal tax originating from the 1660s.
Local climate
Post North of Desborough Channel at Ngr Tq 07916643 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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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