Stocks, Almost Opposite the Grosvenor Arms Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1983. Stocks.

Stocks, Almost Opposite the Grosvenor Arms Inn

WRENN ID
sacred-string-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1983
Type
Stocks
Address
Stocks, Almost Opposite the Grosvenor Arms Inn, Chester Road, Aldford and Saighton
OS grid reference
SJ 421 593
Coordinates
53.12814, -2.86547
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Stocks, probably from the 17th century, are located almost opposite the Grosvenor Arms Inn on Chester Road in Aldford. The structure features red sandstone and oak, with grooved end stones that hold massive oak stocks that have four leg-holes. Behind the stocks, there is a plain sandstone seat that is supported by a retaining wall made of square rubble sandstone. The stonework has been renewed more recently.

Local climate

Stocks, Almost Opposite the Grosvenor Arms Inn receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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