Milepost in Ancroft Village is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1988. Monument.
Milepost in Ancroft Village
- WRENN ID
- hushed-sill-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Milepost in Ancroft Village, B6525
- OS grid reference
- NU 001 450
- Coordinates
- 55.69854, -1.99867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milepost in Ancroft Village, dating from the early 19th century, is made of cast iron. It has a triangular shape with a rounded back and a canted top. One face is inscribed with "Wr" for Wooler, the opposite face has "BER" for Berwick, and the top is marked "MOR" for Morpeth, along with the numbers 11 5 42.
Local climate
Milepost in Ancroft Village receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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