Halfway House Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1988. Milestone.

Halfway House Milestone

WRENN ID
blind-vestry-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 1988
Type
Milestone
Address
Halfway House Milestone, Broxton
OS grid reference
SJ 485 550
Coordinates
53.09022, -2.76912
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Halfway House Milestone is a milestone dating from 1761, made of red Bunter sandstone. It is a substantial slab of stone standing one metre high, inscribed with "1761 the halfway house from Chester to Whitchurch 10 miles EACH." The inscription was re-cut around 1987.

Local climate

Halfway House Milestone receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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