Boundary stone is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Boundary stone. 1 related planning application.
Boundary stone
- WRENN ID
- winter-truss-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West MP: Mr Connor Rand (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Boundary stone
- Address
- Boundary stone, the Downs, WA14 2QD
- OS grid reference
- SJ 763 874
- Coordinates
- 53.383, -2.35658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This boundary stone, dating from around 1840, marks the ancient boundary of the Anglo-Saxon Borough of Altrincham. It is a large carved stone set flush in a coursed rubble street boundary wall, with its base now below pavement level. The stone features a simple moulding along its sides and top, and has two slightly pointed arched panels on its lower half. In the spandrel at the center, there is an emblem, possibly an arrowhead, in relief beneath the word "TOWNSHIPS," which is incised in a curve. The left arched panel is inscribed with "ALTRINCHAM," while the right panel reads "DUNHAM MASSEY." The Altrincham Court Leet, which was chartered in 1290, uses this boundary stone as the starting point for their annual procession to beat the boundaries of the borough.
Local climate
Boundary stone sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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