Steps adjacent to Plaza Cinema is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1997. Steps.
Steps adjacent to Plaza Cinema
- WRENN ID
- stranded-flue-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Stockport MP: Navendu Mishra (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1997
- Type
- Steps
- OS grid reference
- SJ 893 902
- Coordinates
- 53.40909, -2.16158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps adjacent to the Plaza Cinema were built in 1929 by the Stockport County Borough Engineer's Department, as indicated by a date in a shield on the structure. Made of Portland stone, these double flights of steps feature single debouchements that connect Wellington Road at the top of a steep incline with Mersey Square at the bottom. The hillside is supported by a series of high walls, designed in a sculptural manner, creating an impressive visual around the steps. There are bronze lamp bases arranged in three pairs at different levels, along with bronze railings leading to Wellington Road. This classical piece of civic improvement is part of a group with the Plaza Cinema nearby.
Local climate
Steps adjacent to Plaza Cinema 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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