Milestone at Nz 057 170 Milestone, East of Junction with Victoria Road is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1994. Milestone.
Milestone at Nz 057 170 Milestone, East of Junction with Victoria Road
- WRENN ID
- veiled-brick-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1994
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Nz 057 170 Milestone, East of Junction with Victoria Road, Darlington Road, Barnard Castle
- OS grid reference
- NZ 056 170
- Coordinates
- 54.54848, -1.91353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located east of the junction with Victoria Road in Barnard Castle, dates from the late 18th century and was erected for the Durham-Bowes Turnpike Trust. It is made of painted sandstone ashlar and has a square-plan tapered shape, standing approximately 0.5 meters high with a rounded top. The milestone is set diagonally to the road and is partly obscured by a later field wall. The inscriptions "BOWES 5" and "DURHAM 24" are carved on the sides facing the road and are painted black.
Local climate
Milestone at Nz 057 170 Milestone, East of Junction with Victoria Road receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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