Milestone Approximately C.800 Metres North of Church Bridge, Staindrop is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milestone Approximately C.800 Metres North of Church Bridge, Staindrop

WRENN ID
floating-plinth-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
NZ 132 214
Coordinates
54.5885, -1.79689
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located approximately 800 metres north of Church Bridge in Staindrop, is likely from the late 18th century. It is made of ashlar and has a square-section block that stands about 0.5 metres high, topped with a domed pyramid. The milestone is set diagonally to the road and features the inscriptions "Bowes 11" on the north face and "Durham 18" on the south face. The rear faces are marked with large Roman capitals "B" and "D".

Local climate

Milestone Approximately C.800 Metres North of Church Bridge, Staindrop 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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