40 and 42, Chestergate is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1977. Shop.

40 and 42, Chestergate

WRENN ID
tilted-wattle-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1977
Type
Shop
Address
40 and 42, Chestergate, Macclesfield
OS grid reference
SJ 915 737
Coordinates
53.26075, -2.12742
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

40 and 42 Chestergate is a pair of shops with living space above, built in the early 19th century and altered in the 20th century. The building is constructed of brick and has a slate roof. It stands three storeys high and features a two-window range. The ground floor has two inserted shop fronts from the 20th century, while the upper floors have 2-pane sash windows with flat-arched painted stone heads, and one window has shutters. A moulded wood eaves cornice runs along the top, and there is a central stack.

Local climate

40 and 42, Chestergate 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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