Stocks and Whipping Post is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1950. Stocks and whipping post.
Stocks and Whipping Post
- WRENN ID
- second-mantel-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1950
- Type
- Stocks and whipping post
- Address
- Stocks and Whipping Post, New Street, Charlton Kings
- OS grid reference
- SO 965 204
- Coordinates
- 51.88228, -2.05166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stocks and whipping post in Charlton Kings date back to 1763, with the stocks possibly being a restoration or replica from around 1900. They are made of timber and are located under a stone roofed shelter that was also built around 1900. This structure is part of a group that includes St Mary's Hall and the railings and gates nearby.
Local climate
Stocks and Whipping Post receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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