Tidestone at SJ 51543 77900 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. A Early C19 Marker stone.

Tidestone at SJ 51543 77900

WRENN ID
heavy-groin-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 December 1985
Type
Marker stone
Address
Tidestone at SJ 51543 77900, To the Rear of the Former Old Hall Hotel, Main Street, Frodsham, WA6 7AB
OS grid reference
SJ 515 779
Coordinates
53.29584, -2.72847
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tidestone is an early 19th-century sandstone pillar, erected to mark the limit of an extreme high tide in 1802. Made of red sandstone, it stands about 30 centimeters above the ground, with its base buried in the earth. The pillar has a rectangular section, a segmental head, and chamfered rear edges. The front faces northeast and features an ashlar surface inscribed with the words: THE TIDE / CAME TO / THIS STONE / JANUARY / 21, 1802. The rear and sides of the stone are blank.

Local climate

Tidestone at SJ 51543 77900 receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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