Milestone South of Old Road 12 Metres West of Entrance to the Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Milestone.

Milestone South of Old Road 12 Metres West of Entrance to the Hermitage

WRENN ID
strange-pediment-sage
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 936 652
Coordinates
54.9819, -2.10063
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone from the early 19th century, made of sandstone. It has a triangular-section pillar that stands approximately 0.6 metres high. The milestone features incised lettering that reads "R B" for Rothbury, "30" for the distance to Rothbury, and "H" for Hexham, with "1" indicating the distance to Hexham. It is located south of the old road, 12 metres west of the entrance to the Hermitage.

Local climate

Milestone South of Old Road 12 Metres West of Entrance to the Hermitage 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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