Mounting Block on West Side of the Cedars is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1974. Mounting block.

Mounting Block on West Side of the Cedars

WRENN ID
ancient-outpost-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1974
Type
Mounting block
Address
Mounting Block on West Side of the Cedars, Peterborough Road, Castor, City of Peterborough
OS grid reference
TL 123 985
Coordinates
52.57305, -0.3431
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The mounting block located on the west side of The Cedars, dated 1708, is a plain stone structure. It features the initials "E.B." along with the date "1708".

Local climate

Mounting Block on West Side of the Cedars sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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