Milestone 420 Metres East of St Oswalds Hill Head Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Milestone.

Milestone 420 Metres East of St Oswalds Hill Head Farm

WRENN ID
mired-barrel-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1988
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
NY 943 694
Coordinates
55.01931, -2.08961
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located 420 metres east of St. Oswald's Hill Head Farm, is likely from around 1757, coinciding with the opening of the nearby turnpike. It is made of sandstone and stands 0.65 metres high. The stone features a segmental top and has the figure "19" incised on it, indicating the distance in miles to Newcastle, with the numbers painted in black.

Local climate

Milestone 420 Metres East of St Oswalds Hill Head Farm receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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