Shropshire Union Canal Direction Post About 115 Metres South East of Bridge Number 59 is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1985. Direction post.
Shropshire Union Canal Direction Post About 115 Metres South East of Bridge Number 59
- WRENN ID
- open-parapet-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1985
- Type
- Direction post
- OS grid reference
- SJ 693 321
- Coordinates
- 52.88609, -2.45688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The direction post, located about 115 meters south-east of Bridge Number 59, dates from around 1830 and is made of cast iron. It is a short cylindrical post with a rounded top, featuring rectangular plates attached to the front. There are two plates at the top and one at the bottom. The raised lettering on these plates indicates distances to various locations: "AUTHERLEY/JUNCTION/25 MILES" on the left side, "NANTWICH/14/MILES" on the right side, and "NORBURY/JUNCTION/9½ MILES" at the bottom. This section of the canal was originally part of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, which was established 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 Direction Post About 115 Metres South East of Bridge Number 59 receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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