Milestone at Stainton Grove, C. 70 Metres North-West of Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone at Stainton Grove, C. 70 Metres North-West of Post Office
- WRENN ID
- keen-ember-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 070 179
- Coordinates
- 54.55697, -1.89311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 70 metres north-west of the Post Office at Stainton Grove, 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. The milestone is set diagonally to the road. On the west face, it features the inscription "Durham 23" painted and incised, while the east face displays "Bowes 6" in larger letters. Similar inscriptions are also incised on the rear faces, with the "Durham" inscription again in larger letters.
Local climate
Milestone at Stainton Grove, C. 70 Metres North-West of Post Office receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 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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