Village Stocks at Corner of Mossborough Road is a Grade II listed building in the St. Helens local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1966. A C18 Stocks.

Village Stocks at Corner of Mossborough Road

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St. Helens
Constituency
St Helens North MP: David Baines (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1966
Type
Stocks
Address
Village Stocks at Corner of Mossborough Road, Church Road, Rainford
OS grid reference
SD 480 005
Coordinates
53.4988, -2.78522
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The village stocks, located at the corner of Mossborough Road, date from the 18th century. They consist of two stone posts with rounded tops and grooves for boards. The post on the left features a bench mark. The boards themselves are 20th-century replacements.

Local climate

Village Stocks at Corner of Mossborough Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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