Milestone C.40 Metres South of Sun Inn is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone C.40 Metres South of Sun Inn
- WRENN ID
- under-quartz-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 154 231
- Coordinates
- 54.60307, -1.76283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 40 metres south of the Sun Inn, dates from the late 18th century. It is made of painted ashlar and has a square-section block that stands about 0.5 metres high, topped with a domed pyramidal shape and set diagonally to the road. The west face displays "DURHAM 16," while the east face shows "BOWES 13," both oriented towards the road. The rear faces feature the inscriptions "Durham 16 Miles" and "Bowes 13 Miles" in larger irregular letters, all of which are incised and painted.
Local climate
Milestone C.40 Metres South of Sun Inn receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- No sale records on file
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