Coal Tax Post Beside Starbridge at Tq 28915683 is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Tax post.
Coal Tax Post Beside Starbridge at Tq 28915683
- WRENN ID
- long-wicket-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reigate and Banstead
- Constituency
- East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Tax post
- Address
- Coal Tax Post Beside Starbridge at Tq 28915683, Brighton Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 289 568
- Coordinates
- 51.29601, -0.15243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coal Tax Post beside Starbridge, located at TQ 28915683, is a Grade II listed structure dating from around 1861. It was made by Henry Grissell and stands approximately 3 feet high. The post features a metal, four-legged plinth with a chamfered pier above, adorned with a moulded capital band and a pyramidal top. A City of London shield is displayed on the front, along with lettering on a correction plate attached to the front rods that reads "ACT/24 and 25 VICT/CAP 42". This coal and wine tax post marks the boundary where duty was payable, with the tax on coal originating from the 1660s.
Local climate
Coal Tax Post Beside Starbridge at Tq 28915683 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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