Direction stone at corner of Thingwall Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Direction stone.

Direction stone at corner of Thingwall Lane

WRENN ID
fading-gateway-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool West Derby MP: Ian Byrne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1985
Type
Direction stone
Address
Direction stone at corner of Thingwall Lane, Thomas Lane, Knotty Ash
OS grid reference
SJ 408 912
Coordinates
53.41449, -2.89181
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The direction stone located at the corner of Thingwall Lane is a Grade II listed structure dated 1776. It is a tall, slightly battered stone with an inscription on the top block that reads 'ROAD TO BROAD GREEN'. On the left side, it states 'ROAD TO/ THINGWELLME/ THOROUGFARE', while the right side features 'J.C/1776'. The rear of the stone displays a cross moline, which is associated with the arms of the Earls of Sefton. There are also remains of an iron object on top, which may have been a lamp.

Local climate

Direction stone at corner of Thingwall Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 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 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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