Milepost at 7678 6587 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Milepost.
Milepost at 7678 6587
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-doorway-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost at 7678 6587, Newcastle Road, Brereton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 767 658
- Coordinates
- 53.18943, -2.34905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located on Newcastle Road in Brereton, likely dating from the early 19th century. It is made of cast iron and features a cylindrical post topped with a curved plate. The plate is inscribed with the distances: "BRERETON 1 MILE; CHURCH LAWTON 7 1/2; NEWCASTLE 14." The mileages to Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, Warrington, and Liverpool are not fully visible. The post also bears the maker's mark "W H SMITH AND CO: MAKER: WHITCHURCH" in an oval pattern. This milepost served as a turnpike marker.
Local climate
Milepost at 7678 6587 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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