Two Pairs of Stone Piers to Forecourt of Number 496 (Withington Ale House) is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1988. Forecourt structure. 2 related planning applications.
Two Pairs of Stone Piers to Forecourt of Number 496 (Withington Ale House)
- WRENN ID
- pale-stair-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Withington MP: Jeff Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1988
- Type
- Forecourt structure
- Address
- Two Pairs of Stone Piers to Forecourt of Number 496 (Withington Ale House), Wilmslow Road, M20 3BG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 848 929
- Coordinates
- 53.43335, -2.229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two pairs of stone piers are located at the forecourt of number 496, the Withington Ale House. These piers, which were likely constructed in 1881, are made of dressed stone. They feature broad round shapes with chamfered tops and ball finials. Each pair is set on a dwarf wall and was originally intended to support railings.
Local climate
Two Pairs of Stone Piers to Forecourt of Number 496 (Withington Ale House) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 11 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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