The Stocks is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Stocks.
The Stocks
- WRENN ID
- slow-jade-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Stocks
- Address
- The Stocks, Church Lane, Rainow
- OS grid reference
- SJ 952 761
- Coordinates
- 53.28254, -2.07332
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stocks, likely built in the early 19th century, consists of two octagonal sandstone pillars that have weathered tops. Each pillar features a slot on the inside that holds a split oak plank with four foot holes, which is secured by two iron plates. The wooden seat is a 20th-century reproduction.
Local climate
The Stocks 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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