Coal Tax Post to West of West Park Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Epsom and Ewell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1993. Tax post.
Coal Tax Post to West of West Park Hospital
- WRENN ID
- wild-gallery-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epsom and Ewell
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1993
- Type
- Tax post
- Address
- Coal Tax Post to West of West Park Hospital, Christ Church Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 183 611
- Coordinates
- 51.33736, -0.30311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The coal tax post, located to the west of West Park Hospital on Christ Church Road in Epsom, is a 19th-century cast iron structure. It stands on a square plinth with chamfered sides and features a panel that displays the City of London Coat of Arms, topped with a moulded cap. Near the top of the shaft, there is a raised inscription that reads "4 x 25 Vict". The cap of the post is marked "42".
Local climate
Coal Tax Post to West of West Park Hospital 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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