Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Milepost.
Milepost
- WRENN ID
- leaning-wattle-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost, Northwich Road, Stanthorne and Wimboldsley
- OS grid reference
- SJ 686 669
- Coordinates
- 53.19864, -2.47069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, dated 1833, is made of cast iron and features a circular post with an ogee-domed top. It has a curved plate that reads "NORTHWICH MIDDLEWICH 1 5 MILE MILES SANDBACH 6." At the base of the post, there is a raised oval plaque that displays the date in the center, surrounded by the name of the parish in upper case lettering.
Local climate
Milepost 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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