Milestone Circa 100 Metres South of Drover House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Milestone.
Milestone Circa 100 Metres South of Drover House
- WRENN ID
- long-porch-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 095 424
- Coordinates
- 54.77719, -1.85332
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 100 metres south of Drover House, dates from the late 18th century and was originally part of the West Auckland and Corbridge turnpike. It is made of painted ashlar and has a quadrant-section block shape, standing about half a metre high with a flat top. The north face features the incised letters "WA13" while the south face displays "C17" in Roman capitals, both painted black. The stone itself is painted white.
Local climate
Milestone Circa 100 Metres South of Drover House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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