Circular Horse Trough in Yard Between Gamekeeper's Cottage and Dovecote at Site of Aston Old Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Horse trough.
Circular Horse Trough in Yard Between Gamekeeper's Cottage and Dovecote at Site of Aston Old Hall
- WRENN ID
- knotted-baluster-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Horse trough
- Address
- Circular Horse Trough in Yard Between Gamekeeper's Cottage and Dovecote at Site of Aston Old Hall, Aston Lane
- OS grid reference
- SJ 552 780
- Coordinates
- 53.2975, -2.67225
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The circular horse trough, located in the yard between the Gamekeeper's Cottage and the Dovecote at the site of Aston Old Hall, is likely from the early 19th century. It is made of stone and measures approximately 2 metres in diameter and 1 metre high. The trough is circular and has been carved from a single block of red sandstone.
Local climate
Circular Horse Trough in Yard Between Gamekeeper's Cottage and Dovecote at Site of Aston Old Hall receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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