Milepost 50 Metres East of Boughton Gyratory 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 50 Metres East of Boughton Gyratory
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-garret-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1998
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SJ 421 664
- Coordinates
- 53.1921, -2.86797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, located 50 metres east of the Boughton gyratory, dates from around 1900 and was made by RT Smith and Co. of Whitchurch, Shropshire. It is constructed from cast iron and features a slightly tapered octagonal post that stands approximately 2 metres high. The post carries a shaped plate with the raised inscription "CHESTER CROSS: 1 MILE." This milepost is part of a set that was erected by Chester City Council between 1900 and 1903 along main access routes to Chester.
Local climate
Milepost 50 Metres East of Boughton Gyratory 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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