Milestone Circa 100 Metres West of Brockersgill Sike is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Milestone.
Milestone Circa 100 Metres West of Brockersgill Sike
- WRENN ID
- vacant-basalt-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- NY 919 270
- Coordinates
- 54.63868, -2.12584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 100 metres west of Brockersgill Sike, dates from around 1830 and was likely created for the London Lead Company. It is made of painted ashlar and stands about 0.6 metres high. The front features a slightly chamfered edge and a segmental top. The names "ALSTON 20" and "MIDDLETON 2" are incised and painted in black Roman capitals on the front.
Local climate
Milestone Circa 100 Metres West of Brockersgill Sike sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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