Milestone in Front of Willowfield is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milestone in Front of Willowfield

WRENN ID
tenth-gateway-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone in Front of Willowfield, Darlington Road, Marwood
OS grid reference
NZ 061 170
Coordinates
54.54862, -1.90595
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located in front of Willowfield, likely from the mid-18th century. It is a tapered square sandstone block with a pointed rounded top. The milestone is painted white, with black-painted incised letters indicating "BC 1" on the east side for Barnard Castle and "D 14" on the west side for Darlington.

Local climate

Milestone in Front of Willowfield 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
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