Coal Tax Post Opposite Wooden Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Tax post. 1 related planning application.
Coal Tax Post Opposite Wooden Cottage
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-finial-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reigate and Banstead
- Constituency
- Reigate MP: Rebecca Paul (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Tax post
- Address
- Coal Tax Post Opposite Wooden Cottage, Brighton Road, KT20 6UF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 243 548
- Coordinates
- 51.27963, -0.21908
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a coal and wine tax post, likely dating from around 1861 and made by Henry Grissell. The metal structure stands approximately 4 feet high and features a four-legged plinth supporting a chamfered pier. Above the pier is a moulded capital band and a pyramidal top. A City of London shield is displayed on the front, and lettering on the pier reads "24 & 25 VICT/CAP 42". The maker’s name is inscribed on the rear. The post marked the boundary at which duty was payable, referencing a coal tax that originated in the 1660s.
Local climate
Coal Tax Post Opposite Wooden Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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