Post and Railings Protecting Raised Section of Park Road on East Side, Extending Circa 80 Metres from Junction with Church Brow is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Post and railings.
Post and Railings Protecting Raised Section of Park Road on East Side, Extending Circa 80 Metres from Junction with Church Brow
- WRENN ID
- woven-shingle-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1984
- Type
- Post and railings
- OS grid reference
- SD 582 177
- Coordinates
- 53.65497, -2.63305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The post and railings along the raised section of Park Road on the east side were built in the early 19th century and extend approximately 80 meters from the junction with Church Brow. At the south end, there is a cylindrical stone post about 2.5 meters high topped with a large stylized acorn finial. The railings consist of round sticks with knobbed heads above the rail, arranged in groups of 17, separated by shaped posts that also feature acorn finials.
Local climate
Post and Railings Protecting Raised Section of Park Road on East Side, Extending Circa 80 Metres from Junction with Church Brow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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