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
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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