Stone Post in Front Garden of Old Bent House is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Post.

Stone Post in Front Garden of Old Bent House

WRENN ID
lesser-thatch-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochdale
Constituency
Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1986
Type
Post
Address
Stone Post in Front Garden of Old Bent House, Halifax Road
OS grid reference
SD 946 169
Coordinates
53.6494, -2.0828
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stone post in the front garden of Old Bent House is likely a former sundial, dating from 1745, which is inscribed on its head. It features a square shaft with double-quirked corner beads and is topped by a rectangular stone that is also dated. This post is included for its group value.

Local climate

Stone Post in Front Garden of Old Bent House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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