Footpath Guidepost in North West Corner of the Garden of Longlands is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Guidepost.
Footpath Guidepost in North West Corner of the Garden of Longlands
- WRENN ID
- second-rubblework-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Guidepost
- Address
- Footpath Guidepost in North West Corner of the Garden of Longlands, Liverpool Road, Moston
- OS grid reference
- SJ 404 700
- Coordinates
- 53.22386, -2.89401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The footpath guidepost located in the north-west corner of the garden of Longlands is a late 19th century structure. It features an octagonal cast-iron post that stands on a plinth and is topped with a moulded cap and a ball finial. The finger plate, which has nicked corners, displays a raised inscription that reads:
"WIRRAL FOOTPATH ETC SOCIETY
PUBLIC FOOTPATH TO
UPTON
PLEASE KEEP TO PATH"
Additionally, it includes the phrase "BY PERMISSION OF THE COUNCIL" along the post. The National Footpath Preservation Society, which was established in 1884 under the patronage of the Duke of Westminster and others, likely oversaw the installation of this guidepost and similar examples across the Wirral shortly thereafter.
Local climate
Footpath Guidepost in North West Corner of the Garden of Longlands 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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