Milepost Upstream of Lock No 57 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Milepost.
Milepost Upstream of Lock No 57
- WRENN ID
- sunken-porch-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost Upstream of Lock No 57, Trent and Mersey Canal, Betchton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 782 583
- Coordinates
- 53.12169, -2.32694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located upstream of Lock No. 57 on the Trent and Mersey Canal, dating from 1819. It is made of cast iron and features a circular post with a projecting quatrefoil at the lower body, which displays the date in raised letters along with "R&D STONE." Above this, there is a curved plate that is divided vertically, reading "SHARDLOW PRESTON BROOK 67 25 MILES." The post is topped with a moulded domed finial.
Local climate
Milepost Upstream of Lock No 57 receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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