Village Stocks is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Public feature. 1 related planning application.
Village Stocks
- WRENN ID
- guardian-landing-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Public feature
- Address
- Village Stocks, Market Place, Chapel-En-Le-Frith, SK23 0ER
- OS grid reference
- SK 057 807
- Coordinates
- 53.32342, -1.91552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Village stocks dating to the 18th century and later. The stocks are constructed from gritstone and timber. They comprise gritstone side uprights featuring deep grooves for the timber supports. Four timbers are present, each with two sets of holes designed to secure arms and legs. A small wooden bench is attached to the south side.
Local climate
Village Stocks sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
- 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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