Water Valve Housing on South East Side of the Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1985. Water valve housing.
Water Valve Housing on South East Side of the Cross
- WRENN ID
- silver-nave-indigo
- 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
- Water valve housing
- Address
- Water Valve Housing on South East Side of the Cross, Malpas
- OS grid reference
- SJ 487 472
- Coordinates
- 53.02004, -2.76551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water valve housing, located on the south-east side of the Cross in Malpas, dates from around 1820 and is made of cast iron. It has a circular shape with a domed top and features a small circular hole in the crown. This valve housing resembles a squat bollard and serves as a remnant of the piped water system established in Malpas around the same time. The water was sourced from Bradley Brook and stored in a reservoir on the motte.
Local climate
Water Valve Housing on South East Side of the Cross 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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