Footpath Guidepost 120 Metres South Of Axes Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Guidepost.

Footpath Guidepost 120 Metres South Of Axes Farmhouse

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1985
Type
Guidepost
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SJ 37 SE BACKFORD CP LIVERPOOL ROAD (East Side) 4/15 Footpath guidepost 120m south of Axes Farmhouse

II

Footpath guidepost: late C19. Octagonal cast-iron post with plinth, moulded cap and ball finial. Finger plate with nicked corners has raised inscription reading:

WIRRAL FOOTPATH ETC SOCIETY PUBLIC FOOTPATH TO WHITBY ROAD PLEASE KEEP TO PATH with BY PERMISSION OF THE COUNCIL

along the post.

The National Footpath Preservation Society was founded under the patronage of the Duke of Westminster and others in 1884. This and a set of similar examples thoroughout the Wirral must have been erected soon after.

Listing NGR: SJ3928172554

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