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There are 27 listed buildings in the rural area of Runcorn, a small industrial town in the borough of Halton in Cheshire, England. In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance. Three of the buildings in the area are classified as Grade II*, and the others are at Grade II; there are no buildings in Grade I. The ages of the structures on the list range from the ruin of Clifton Hall, built in 1565, to the telephone kiosk in Daresbury, which dates from the 1930s. The three Grade II* listed buildings include the only church in the list (pictured) and two former mansion houses. The church and one of the mansion houses are in Daresbury, and the other mansion house is in Moore. Daresbury also contains a former sessions house. (Full list...)

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Northern giraffe

The northern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is native to North Africa. The northern giraffe has two horn-like protuberances known as ossicones on their foreheads. These are longer and larger than those of the southern giraffes, although bull northern giraffes have a third cylindrical ossicone in the center of the head just above the eyes which range in length between 3 inches (8 cm) and 5 inches (10 cm). This individual was photographed at Zoo d'Amnéville in northeastern France.

Photograph credit: Stefan Krause

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