Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2013. Fence posts.
Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20
- WRENN ID
- patient-threshold-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2013
- Type
- Fence posts
- Address
- Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20, Adlington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 934 806
- Coordinates
- 53.32231, -2.0996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The canal fence posts, dating from around 1840, are situated alongside the Macclesfield Canal. They are made from local sandstone and are located on the outside edge of the towpath on the north-west side of the canal, on a raised embankment section approximately midway between bridge number 20 and bridge number 19.
There are 73 visible posts, which are roughly-hewn, tapered slabs standing about 1 to 1.5 metres high, each featuring two railing slots. While a few posts show damage at the top, most remain intact. The posts are evenly spaced, although some are missing from the line, and many are now connected by barbed wire. The area around the posts is heavily overgrown with vegetation.
Local climate
Macclesfield Canal stone fence posts north of Bridge No. 20 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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