Aa Box 372 at Mere Corner is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1989. Telephone box.

Aa Box 372 at Mere Corner

WRENN ID
frozen-corner-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1989
Type
Telephone box
Address
Aa Box 372 at Mere Corner, A556
OS grid reference
SJ 727 817
Coordinates
53.33195, -2.41123
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

AA telephone box at Mere Corner, built around 1956, is a square timber structure with a zinc roof, standing approximately 10 feet high. Three sides feature tongue and grooved vertical boarding, while the fourth side has a flush door. It has a plain band at the top and gables on each side, each displaying an AA plaque. The roof is cross gabled and hipped, with slightly overhanging eaves. The front of the box has a plaque inscribed 'Box 372'. This box is one of the few remaining timber telephone boxes in England.

Local climate

Aa Box 372 at Mere Corner 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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