Milepost Pier 20 Yards West of Great Whittington Road End is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Milepost pier.
Milepost Pier 20 Yards West of Great Whittington Road End
- WRENN ID
- vast-rotunda-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Milepost pier
- OS grid reference
- NZ 028 716
- Coordinates
- 55.03947, -1.95657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milepost pier, dating from the mid-19th century, located approximately 20 yards west of the Great Whittington road end in Matfen. It is constructed of ashlar stone and serves as the end pier to a wall. The structure is square with a pyramidal cap, and the sides function as a milepost. The north face is inscribed with "Whittington 1¼ miles Hexham 9 miles," while the east face reads "Corbridge 6 miles Newcastle 15 miles."
Local climate
Milepost Pier 20 Yards West of Great Whittington Road End receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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