Stocks at Entrance to St Wilfred's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1952. A C17 Stocks.
Stocks at Entrance to St Wilfred's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- under-timber-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1952
- Type
- Stocks
- Address
- Stocks at Entrance to St Wilfred's Churchyard, Church Lane, Grappenhall and Thelwall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 639 862
- Coordinates
- 53.37212, -2.54366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stocks at the entrance to St. Wilfred's churchyard in Grappenhall date from the 17th century, with the endstones likely from that period. The stocks have slotted, round-headed endstones, while the original oak stocks have been replaced. An older pair of oak stocks is preserved within the church.
Local climate
Stocks at Entrance to St Wilfred's Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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