Guidepost, at the junction of Castle Mill Lane and Tanyard Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 2025. Guidepost.

Guidepost, at the junction of Castle Mill Lane and Tanyard Lane

WRENN ID
sleeping-tin-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 July 2025
Type
Guidepost
Address
Guidepost, at the junction of Castle Mill Lane and Tanyard Lane, Ashley, Altrincham, WA15 0QT
OS grid reference
SJ 781 844
Coordinates
53.35652, -2.3303
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The guidepost, dating from the late 19th century to early 20th century, was designed and cast by W H Smith and Co (Whitchurch) Ltd. It is made of cast iron and features a hollow octagonal shaft. The lower section is vertical and forms a plinth, while the upper section tapers upward from a plain torus base and is topped with a simple moulded cornice. Above the cornice, a narrower round-section shaft rises to support three cast-iron direction fingers. These fingers have raised black-painted sans serif capital letters on a white background, indicating directions to MOBBERLEY / ROSTHERNE; RINGWAY / WILMSLOW; and HALE / ALTRINGHAM. The fingers are designed with scalloped outer corners, an integral spandrel bracket, and paired cast shaft hoops secured by locking nuts. At the top of the hollow shaft, a ball finial shaped like a pawn chess piece completes the guidepost.

Local climate

Guidepost, at the junction of Castle Mill Lane and Tanyard Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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