Shropshire Union Canal Milepost Approximately 116 Metres to South East of Bridge Number 55 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Milepost.
Shropshire Union Canal Milepost Approximately 116 Metres to South East of Bridge Number 55
- WRENN ID
- pitched-corner-peregrine
- 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 706 293
- Coordinates
- 52.8608, -2.43773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located approximately 116 metres southeast of Bridge Number 55 on the Shropshire Union Canal, dating from around 1830. It is made of cast iron and features a short cylindrical round-topped design with curved rectangular plates on the front. There are two plates at the top and one at the bottom. The lettering on the milepost is in a superscribed serif style, indicating distances: "AUTHERLEY/JUNCTION 23 MILES" on the left side, "NANTWICH 16 MILES" on the right side, and "NORBURY/JUNCTION 7 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 later absorbed by the Ellesmere and Chester Canal in 1845 and became part of the Shropshire Union Canal in 1846.
Local climate
Shropshire Union Canal Milepost Approximately 116 Metres to South East of Bridge Number 55 receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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