Stone Seat at Sj 962 230 North North West of Brancote Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 2001. Memorial bench.
Stone Seat at Sj 962 230 North North West of Brancote Farm
- WRENN ID
- final-gallery-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 2001
- Type
- Memorial bench
- Address
- Stone Seat at Sj 962 230 North North West of Brancote Farm, Tixall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 961 230
- Coordinates
- 52.8048, -2.05831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone seat located north-northwest of Brancote Farm is a wayside bench dating from around 1860. It was erected in memory of Thomas Hartshorne, who built Brancote Farm on the Tixall estate and served as County Surveyor. This bench, made of local red sandstone, features a moulded stone seat set on an inscribed riser with large scroll-shaped bench ends. The inscription commemorates Hartshorne and notes that these seats replace earlier wooden ones he provided for the comfort of travelers on the Tixall to Stafford road. This stone bench is one of two and serves as an unusual Victorian memorial.
Local climate
Stone Seat at Sj 962 230 North North West of Brancote Farm receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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