Milepost 240 Metres West of Road to Smallburns is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Milepost.
Milepost 240 Metres West of Road to Smallburns
- WRENN ID
- iron-rafter-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1987
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- NU 139 184
- Coordinates
- 55.45974, -1.78165
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, located 240 metres west of the road to Smallburns, dates from the late 19th century and is likely the work of Smith Patterson Ltd. of Blaydon. It is made of cast iron and is painted white with black figures. The milepost features an oval top with faceted twin faces, mounted on a circular fluted shaft. The raised inscription indicates distances to Alnwick (5 miles) and Chatton (9¾ miles). The height of the milepost is 0.50 metre.
Local climate
Milepost 240 Metres West of Road to Smallburns receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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