The Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Former canal warehouse and cottage.
The Wharf
- WRENN ID
- quiet-cobalt-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Former canal warehouse and cottage
- Address
- The Wharf, Cross Lane, Church Minshull
- OS grid reference
- SJ 671 607
- Coordinates
- 53.1428, -2.49325
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wharf is a former canal warehouse and cottage dating from around 1830, believed to be designed by Thomas Telford. It has been converted into a dwelling. The building is constructed of red brick with a slate roof, featuring a late 17th-century style. It stands two storeys high and has three bays. A large carriageway arch is located in the forward projecting bay, adorned with stone dressing that leads up to moulded springers and a brick arch with a keystone. To the west of the arch is a French window, while to the east is a casement window. The building has stone dressing on the quoins and window openings. The central first-floor casement window is set at eaves level and is situated within a large shaped gable, with flanking windows that are higher but located in smaller shaped gables. Both the east and west main gables are also shaped. The east gable is positioned just a few feet from the towpath of the Middlewich spur of the Shropshire Union Canal. Inside, the raised storage floor and heavy beams reflect the building's former use.
Local climate
The Wharf receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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