Milestone, 35 Metres West of Milestone House (Shown on Os Map As New House) is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Milestone.
Milestone, 35 Metres West of Milestone House (Shown on Os Map As New House)
- WRENN ID
- gilded-rubble-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 006 143
- Coordinates
- 54.5246, -1.99179
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone located 35 metres west of Milestone House, which is shown on the Ordnance Survey map as New House. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of sandstone that has been painted white. The milestone stands 1.0 metre tall and has a square plan with a rounded top. On the west face, it features the inscription "DURHAM 28 MILES" in black, sans-serif letters, while the east face has an illegible inscription related to Bowes.
Local climate
Milestone, 35 Metres West of Milestone House (Shown on Os Map As New House) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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