Guidepost

Guidepost, Edward Street

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Overview

Guidepost. Early-mid C20. Manufactured by Stanton Ironworks Company of Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Cast-iron. Cylindrical post with four fingers and an annular finial with the words `County Borough of Stockport'. Two fingers point north and south along the line of the A6 (Wellington Road South), the southern finger listing London 182 ½, Hazel Grove 2 ½, Macclesfield 12 ½, Buxton 18, the northern finger listing Carlisle 118 ½ and Manchester 6 ½. The other two fingers point north-east along Edward Street (Marple 4, Hyde 5 ½), and south-west along Greek Street (Cheadle 2 ¾, Altrincham 9, Chester 39). Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392302
Date first listed:: 01-Nov-2007
List Entry Name:: Guidepost
Statutory Address:: Guidepost, Edward Street

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392302
Date first listed:: 01-Nov-2007
List Entry Name:: Guidepost
Statutory Address 1:: Guidepost, Edward Street

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Guidepost, Edward Street

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Stockport (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SJ 89552 89861

Reasons for Designation

The Edward Street/Wellington Road South guidepost is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons;

* It is an intact and unaltered example of an early-mid C20 cast-iron guide post with four `fingers'. * It is located in a prominent position in the Town Hall Conservation Area and stands adjacent to the front elevation of the Grade II* Town Hall (q.v.), and in close proximity to four Corinthian capitals (q.v.), the former Stockport Infirmary (q.v.), the Grade II* War Memorial Art Gallery (q.v.), and the Wellington Road South and Greek Street shelters (q.v.).

* This functional piece of municipal design illustrates the civic pride of the late C19 County Borough of Stockport by implying that it was situated on a direct route to London in the south and Carlisle in the north.

Details

701/0/10043

EDWARD STREET Guidepost

01-NOV-07

GV II Also known as: Guidepost, WELLINGTON ROAD SOUTH

Guidepost. Early-mid C20. Manufactured by Stanton Ironworks Company of Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Cast-iron.

Cylindrical post with four fingers and an annular finial with the words `County Borough of Stockport'. Two fingers point north and south along the line of the A6 (Wellington Road South), the southern finger listing London 182 ½, Hazel Grove 2 ½, Macclesfield 12 ½, Buxton 18, the northern finger listing Carlisle 118 ½ and Manchester 6 ½. The other two fingers point north-east along Edward Street (Marple 4, Hyde 5 ½), and south-west along Greek Street (Cheadle 2 ¾, Altrincham 9, Chester 39).

HISTORY: Stanton Ironworks Company was a principal manufacturer of guideposts during the later C19 and early-mid C20. The guidepost is post 1888 as Stockport became a County Borough that year. It is likely that it dates from early-mid C20; the adjacent Town Hall opened in 1908.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION The Edward Street/Wellington Road South guidepost is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is an intact and unaltered example of an early-mid C20 cast-iron guidepost with four `fingers'. * It is located in a prominent position in the Town Hall Conservation Area and stands adjacent to the front elevation of the Grade II* Town Hall (q.v.), and in close proximity to four Corinthian capitals (q.v.), the former Stockport Infirmary (q.v.), the Grade II* War Memorial Art Gallery (q.v.), and the Wellington Road South and Greek Street shelters (q.v.). * This functional piece of municipal design illustrates the civic pride of the late C19 County Borough of Stockport by implying that it was situated on a direct route to London in the south and Carlisle in the north.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 503368
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.