Milestone 1200 Metres South of New Moor Crossroads is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. A Late C18 Milestone.

Milestone 1200 Metres South of New Moor Crossroads

WRENN ID
tall-postern-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1987
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
NU 090 053
Coordinates
55.34174, -1.85846
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone located 1200 metres south of New Moor crossroads, likely dating from the late 18th century. It is made of cut sandstone and features a slender, square, flat-topped pillar. The upper part of the front face is faceted and has incised figures indicating the distances of 4 miles to Rothbury and 8 miles to Alnwick. The overall height of the milestone is 0.90 metre.

Local climate

Milestone 1200 Metres South of New Moor Crossroads receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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