Stocks and Whipping Post is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1979. Historical structure.
Stocks and Whipping Post
- WRENN ID
- deep-tower-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1979
- Type
- Historical structure
- Address
- Stocks and Whipping Post, Market Street, Bottesford
- OS grid reference
- SK 806 389
- Coordinates
- 52.94186, -0.80179
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stocks and whipping post, dating from the late 18th century, is located on the east side of Market Street in Bottesford. It is made of timber and features a square section post with wrist restraints. The base of the post is cleft to accommodate leg stocks, which have two pairs of ankle holes. The opposite end of the leg stocks fits into the base of a second post.
Local climate
Stocks and Whipping Post sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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