Coal Tax Post at West End of the Hythe on Traffic Island is a Grade II listed building in the Runnymede local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. Tax post.
Coal Tax Post at West End of the Hythe on Traffic Island
- WRENN ID
- eastward-mortar-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Runnymede
- Constituency
- Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- Tax post
- OS grid reference
- TQ 031 714
- Coordinates
- 51.43259, -0.51758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coal Tax Post at the west end of The Hythe on a traffic island dates from around 1861 and was made by Henry Grissell. It is approximately 4 feet high and features a four-legged plinth with a chamfered pier above. The post has a moulded capital band and a pyramidal top. On the front, there is a shield of the City of London, and the lettering on the pier reads "24 & 25 VICT/CAP42." The maker's name is located on the rear. This coal and wine tax post marks the boundary where duty was payable, with the tax on coal dating back to the 1660s.
Local climate
Coal Tax Post at West End of the Hythe on Traffic Island 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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