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

Guidepost, late-C19 to early-C20, designed and cast by W H Smith and Co (Whitchurch) Ltd.

MATERIALS: cast iron

DESCRIPTION: the hollow cast-iron octagonal shaft has a lower vertical section that forms a plinth, with an upper tapered section rising off a plain torus base and capped by a simple moulded cornice. A narrower round-section shaft rises above the cornice and supports three cast-iron direction fingers, with raised black-painted sans serif capital letters, on a white background. These read: MOBBERLEY / ROSTHERNE; RINGWAY / WILMSLOW; HALE / ALTRINGHAM. The fingers have scalloped outer corners, an integral spandrel bracket, and paired cast shaft hoops secured by locking nuts. A ball finial in the form of a pawn chess piece caps off the top of the hollow shaft that supports the fingers.