St James's Post is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1971. Obelisk.

St James's Post

WRENN ID
sacred-lintel-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chichester
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1971
Type
Obelisk
Address
St James's Post, St Pancras
OS grid reference
SU 870 052
Coordinates
50.84051, -0.76458
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St James's Post is a stone obelisk located on the northwest side of St Pancras. It was erected in 1745 to mark the then North-East boundary of the City. The obelisk also features the date 1839.

Local climate

St James's Post receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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