Milestone Circa 100 Metres South of Junction with Track to Park Wall Farm, in Lay By is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Milestone.
Milestone Circa 100 Metres South of Junction with Track to Park Wall Farm, in Lay By
- WRENN ID
- winding-vault-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 130 378
- Coordinates
- 54.7353, -1.79916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located about 100 metres south of the junction with the track to Park Wall Farm, dates from the late 18th century. It is made of white-painted stone, stands about one metre high, and has a triangular shape. The top features a horizontal square indent and an incised Ordnance Survey bench mark. The north face has the Roman letters WA and the number 9 incised, while the south face displays the letter C and the number 21, both painted black. The south face is partly obscured by earth. The distances indicated on the milestone are to West Auckland and Corbridge.
Local climate
Milestone Circa 100 Metres South of Junction with Track to Park Wall Farm, in Lay By receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 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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