Lamp post at the junction of Mereheath Lane and Knutsford Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 2018. A 1844 Lamp post. 1 related planning application.
Lamp post at the junction of Mereheath Lane and Knutsford Drive
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-rubblework-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 2018
- Type
- Lamp post
- Address
- Lamp post at the junction of Mereheath Lane and Knutsford Drive, WA16 6HS
- OS grid reference
- SJ 751 790
- Coordinates
- 53.30774, -2.37504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a lamp post and finger post from 1844, located at the junction of Mereheath Lane and Knutsford Drive. The fingers were removed during the Second World War, and the lantern was replaced in the late 20th century.
The lamp post is made of cast iron and features a cylindrical stone base. It has a slender design with two fluted columns stacked one on top of the other, each ending in an Egyptian capital. The upper capital is topped with a vase. Two circular flanges on the upper column indicate where ladder bars were previously attached, and a small rectangular flange served as a stop for the former 'fingers'. The base of the lamp post has a splayed foot adorned with acanthus leaves, rising from a cylindrical plinth with a moulded edge. The plinth bears the manufacturer's name and date in relief: JOHN MUSGRAVE. SON & HEATON. BOLTON 1844. The lamp post is set on a cylindrical stone base that includes a rebate for the gas supply pipe, along with a small access door in the plinth directly above the rebate. Currently, an electric lamp is fitted within a late-20th century 'Windsor' style lantern.
Local climate
Lamp post at the junction of Mereheath Lane and Knutsford Drive sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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