Stocks at Corner of Water Street is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1986. Stocks. 1 related planning application.
Stocks at Corner of Water Street
- WRENN ID
- buried-mullion-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1986
- Type
- Stocks
- Address
- Stocks at Corner of Water Street, Green Lane, Thornton, L23 1TD
- OS grid reference
- SD 336 009
- Coordinates
- 53.50108, -3.00103
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stocks located at the corner of Water Street were built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. They are made of cast iron and feature open work iron uprights and beams with leg holes for three people. There is also a bench made of cast iron. The stocks are enclosed by a cross base and sundial, which are surrounded by 20th-century railings.
Local climate
Stocks at Corner of Water Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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