Milestone, 600 Metres North-East of High Barford Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Milestone.
Milestone, 600 Metres North-East of High Barford Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tenth-flagstone-hawk
- 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 099 188
- Coordinates
- 54.56503, -1.84808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located 600 metres north-east of High Barford Farmhouse, dates from the 19th century and is made of sandstone, which has been painted white. It has a single square plan and stands about 0.75 metres high with a rounded top. The north-east face features incised sans-serif letters painted black that read "BOWES 8," while the north-west face shows "DURHAM 21." The south-east and south-west faces each have the number "8." The top of the milestone is marked with "O.S.B.M."
Local climate
Milestone, 600 Metres North-East of High Barford Farmhouse receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 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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- No sale records on file
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