Milepost Opposite East End of Bowes Gate Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Milestone.
Milepost Opposite East End of Bowes Gate Cottages
- WRENN ID
- outer-sentry-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milepost Opposite East End of Bowes Gate Cottages, A 67, Boldron
- OS grid reference
- NZ 021 148
- Coordinates
- 54.52889, -1.96778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, likely from the 18th century, is made of cut sandstone and is painted black on a white background. It features a pillar with a roughly-domed top. The east side displays the legend 'Bowes 2 MILES', with the figure '2' incised, while the west side reads 'Durham 27 MILES', both painted. The milestone stands 0.55 metres tall and is not indicated on the Ordnance Survey map.
Local climate
Milepost Opposite East End of Bowes Gate Cottages 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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- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
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