Milepost Approximately 150 Metres to West of Bridge Number 48 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Milepost.
Milepost Approximately 150 Metres to West of Bridge Number 48
- WRENN ID
- broken-postern-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SJ 729 274
- Coordinates
- 52.84432, -2.40258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located approximately 150 metres west of Bridge Number 48 on the south side of the Shropshire Union Canal. It dates from around 1830 and is made of cast iron. The milepost has a short cylindrical shape with a round top and features curved rectangular plates on the front, with two at the top and one at the bottom. The lettering is in a superscribed serif style, indicating distances: "AUTHERLEY/JUNCTION/21 MILES" on the left side, "NANTWICH/18/MILE" on the right side, and "NORBURY JUNCTION/5 1/2 MILES" at the bottom. This section of the canal was constructed as part of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, which was authorized by an act passed in 1826 and opened in 1835. It was absorbed by the Ellesmere and Chester Canal in 1845 and later became part of the Shropshire Union Canal in 1846.
Local climate
Milepost Approximately 150 Metres to West of Bridge Number 48 receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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