Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1984. Milepost.
Milepost
- WRENN ID
- nether-postern-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1984
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost, Chelford Road, Henbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 863 737
- Coordinates
- 53.26102, -2.20614
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost dating from around 1830. It is a round post topped with an acorn finial. The carved plate on the post indicates the distance to Birtles and Macclesfield, stating "BIRTLES TO MACCLESFIELD 3½ Miles 3 Miles."
Local climate
Milepost sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 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 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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