Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj 6805 6928 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1994. Canal milepost.
Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj 6805 6928
- WRENN ID
- fossil-cobalt-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1994
- Type
- Canal milepost
- Address
- Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj 6805 6928, Davenham
- OS grid reference
- SJ 680 692
- Coordinates
- 53.2195, -2.47992
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The canal milepost located on the west side of the Trent and Mersey Canal is dated "R & D Stone 1819" on its shaft. It is made of cast iron and painted black and white. The post is circular with a moulded head and features embossed letters on two convex tablets, indicating distances: "Shardlow 78 miles" and "Preston Brook 14 miles." The Trent and Mersey Canal was constructed between 1766 and 1777 by James Brindley and Hugh Henshall.
Local climate
Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Sj 6805 6928 receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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