Milestone South West of Broadwood Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Milestone.

Milestone South West of Broadwood Cottages

WRENN ID
distant-floor-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone South West of Broadwood Cottages, B6296, Lanchester
OS grid reference
NZ 136 454
Coordinates
54.80386, -1.78945
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located south-west of Broadwood Cottages, was likely erected in 1793 for the Gateshead-Wolsingham turnpike. It is made of sandstone and features a round-topped block that stands about half a metre high. The number 16 is painted on the side facing the road and is also incised on the stone, although the incised figures are aligned slightly differently.

Local climate

Milestone South West of Broadwood Cottages receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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