Milepost on East Side of Old Road Down to Weldon Bridge (Q.V.) is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. A C20 Milestone.

Milepost on East Side of Old Road Down to Weldon Bridge (Q.V.)

WRENN ID
mired-kitchen-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1986
Type
Milestone
Address
Milepost on East Side of Old Road Down to Weldon Bridge (Q.V.), A 697, Longhorsley
OS grid reference
NZ 139 982
Coordinates
55.27812, -1.78223
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milepost, likely from the early 20th century, made by Smith Paterson Ltd. of Blaydon. It is constructed from cast iron and is painted white and black. The milepost features a shield-shaped plaque displaying the distances to Cornhill (35 miles) and Morpeth (9 miles), which is set on a circular shaft. Additionally, there is a lower rectangular plaque indicating Wooler (22 miles) and a maker's plate below. The overall height of the milepost is 0.9 metres.

Local climate

Milepost on East Side of Old Road Down to Weldon Bridge (Q.V.) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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