Milestone About 200 Metres East of Rowley Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Milestone.
Milestone About 200 Metres East of Rowley Cottage
- WRENN ID
- white-loft-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 081 484
- Coordinates
- 54.83064, -1.87397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located about 200 metres east of Rowley Cottage, dates from the late 18th century and was part of the Corbridge to West Auckland turnpike. It has a triangular section and stands approximately half a metre high. The west face features Roman capitals "WA," while the east face displays the letter "C." The milestone also includes the figures "17" and "13." The top of the stone is flattened and has a square indentation, which may have been intended for an Ordnance Survey benchmark.
Local climate
Milestone About 200 Metres East of Rowley Cottage 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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