Milestone 200 Metres East of Wad Hazel Sike is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Milestone.
Milestone 200 Metres East of Wad Hazel Sike
- WRENN ID
- moated-slate-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- NY 799 352
- Coordinates
- 54.71223, -2.31271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located 200 metres east of Wad Hazel Sike, is a Grade II listed structure, likely dating from around 1830 and commissioned by the London Lead Company. It is made of painted ashlar and stands approximately 0.9 metres high with a rounded top. The front features the names "ALSTON" and "MIDDLETON" painted in black Roman capitals, with an Ordnance Survey bench mark incised below. The road where it is situated was engineered by J.L. McAdam.
Local climate
Milestone 200 Metres East of Wad Hazel Sike sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 77 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 55 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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