Milestone at Corner of Narrow Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Milestone.
Milestone at Corner of Narrow Lane
- WRENN ID
- ghost-steel-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich MP: Connor Naismith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Corner of Narrow Lane, Crewe Road, Weston and Crewe Green
- OS grid reference
- SJ 726 553
- Coordinates
- 53.09491, -2.41034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone located at the corner of Narrow Lane, dating from around 1897. It is made of cast iron and is painted black and white. The milestone has a triangular shape, with the top sloping forward towards the front point. The front is white with a black base, featuring letters and numerals highlighted in black. It is marked "Cheshire County Council" on the top sloping face, with distances to Nantwich (5 miles) and Whitchurch (16 miles) on the east side. The west side lists distances to Haslington (1 mile), Wheelock (3.5 miles), Sandbach (5 miles), and Congleton (12 miles). The back of the milestone is hollow and includes two horizontal braces on the side cheeks. This structure is listed for its group value only.
Local climate
Milestone at Corner of Narrow Lane receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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