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
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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