Milepost 1/2 Mile West of Dunsall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Milepost.
Milepost 1/2 Mile West of Dunsall
- WRENN ID
- swift-mortar-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost 1/2 Mile West of Dunsall, B6353, Lowick
- OS grid reference
- NT 980 392
- Coordinates
- 55.64689, -2.03251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located half a mile west of Dunsall, dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron and features an oval tablet with two oval facets mounted on a short iron post. One face is inscribed with "BEL" for Belford, while the other side has "COR" for Cornhill, along with the distances of "10" and "9 MILES" and "FORD" at the top.
Local climate
Milepost 1/2 Mile West of Dunsall receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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