Guidepost at Ngr 496 486 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1985. Guidepost.

Guidepost at Ngr 496 486

WRENN ID
rusted-steel-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1985
Type
Guidepost
Address
Guidepost at Ngr 496 486, Ebnal Lane, Malpas
OS grid reference
SJ 496 486
Coordinates
53.03254, -2.75273
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This guidepost, likely from the 1870s, is made of cast iron and features an octagonal shaft. It has "CCC" embossed in ornate letters on a raised shield. There are plates with raised margins and pecked corners that direct to MALPAS and CHESTER: NO MAN'S HEATH, although the MALPAS STATION direction has been painted out. The guidepost is topped with a ball finial and remains undamaged.

Local climate

Guidepost at Ngr 496 486 receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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