Milepost at junction of Front Street and Manorfields is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 2008. Milepost.

Milepost at junction of Front Street and Manorfields

WRENN ID
grim-lantern-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Tyneside
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne North MP: Catherine McKinnell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 July 2008
Type
Milepost
OS grid reference
NZ 276 685
Coordinates
55.01094, -1.5695
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The milepost at the junction of Front Street and Manorfields is a late 19th century to early 20th century structure made of cast iron, painted white with black lettering. It features a shield-shaped plaque that displays the distances to Newcastle (4 miles) and North Shields (6 miles), along with a pair of opposing directional arrows. The milepost stands approximately 0.7 meters high and is mounted on a circular shaft, which includes fixings for a lower rectangular plate and a maker's plate below. This milepost was erected on an old route to Blyth and was cast by Smith Paterson Ltd. of Blaydon. It is recognized for its well-preserved condition, attractive design, and its original location on a historic route.

Local climate

Milepost at junction of Front Street and Manorfields receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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