Milepost to Chester Cross 75 Metres South of Netherleigh House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1998. Milepost.
Milepost to Chester Cross 75 Metres South of Netherleigh House
- WRENN ID
- fading-threshold-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1998
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SJ 408 647
- Coordinates
- 53.17654, -2.88581
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located on Eaton Road in Chester, dating from around 1900. It was made for Chester City Council and is constructed from cast iron. The milepost is an octagonal shape, standing 2 metres high on a plinth. It features a plate with corners that are pecked in a quadrant style and a top that rises to a point. The inscription on the plate reads "CHESTER 1 MILE" in sans-serif capital letters. The ironfounder responsible for its creation is RT Smith of Whitchurch, Shropshire.
Local climate
Milepost to Chester Cross 75 Metres South of Netherleigh House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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