Milestone at Donkin Rigg Road End is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Milestone.
Milestone at Donkin Rigg Road End
- WRENN ID
- under-stair-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Donkin Rigg Road End, B6342, Rothley
- OS grid reference
- NZ 032 897
- Coordinates
- 55.2016, -1.95079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located at the end of Donkin Rigg Road, dating from the mid-18th century. It is made of sandstone and stands approximately 18 inches high, featuring two faces and a rounded back. One face is inscribed with "RB" for Rothbury, while the other displays "H" for Hexham. This milestone marks the Rothbury-Hexham turnpike, which was opened around 1751.
Local climate
Milestone at Donkin Rigg Road End receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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