Office in Works Yard, Lion Salt Works is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Office.
Office in Works Yard, Lion Salt Works
- WRENN ID
- scarred-kitchen-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1986
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Office in Works Yard, Lion Salt Works, Ollershaw Lane, Marston, CW9 6ES
- OS grid reference
- SJ 670 754
- Coordinates
- 53.27489, -2.49498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is an office located in the works yard of the Lion Salt Works, dating from the late 19th century. It features a brick-nogged softwood frame topped with a grey slate roof. The structure is single-storey and has two windows along with a symmetrical four-panel door. The windows are casements with fixed lights above. There are two gable chimneys present. The office retains internal fittings typical of the Victorian era.
Local climate
Office in Works Yard, Lion Salt Works sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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