Milepost at Ngr Nz 14669510 is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Milepost.

Milepost at Ngr Nz 14669510

WRENN ID
dusted-latch-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1986
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost at Ngr Nz 14669510, A 697, Longhorsley
OS grid reference
NZ 146 950
Coordinates
55.24986, -1.77144
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milepost, likely dating from the early 20th century, was 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 (37 miles) and Morpeth (7 miles), which is set on a circular shaft. Additionally, there is a lower rectangular plaque indicating Wooler (24 miles) and a maker's plate below it. The overall height of the milepost is 0.9 metres.

Local climate

Milepost at Ngr Nz 14669510 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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