Milestone, 300 Metres East of Junction with Mount Eff Road is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Milestone.

Milestone, 300 Metres East of Junction with Mount Eff Road

WRENN ID
tattered-pedestal-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1985
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
NZ 077 167
Coordinates
54.54585, -1.88191
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, dating from the 19th century, is located 300 metres east of the junction with Mount Eff Road on the south side of Darlington Road. It is made of sandstone and painted white. The stone has a single, square plan and stands approximately 0.75 metres high with a rounded top. On the north-west face, it features incised sans-serif letters painted black that read "D 14" for Darlington, while the north-east face displays "BC 2" for Barnard Castle.

Local climate

Milestone, 300 Metres East of Junction with Mount Eff 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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