Milestone on West Side, South of Junction with Borwick Lane at Ngr Sd 513 728 is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. Milestone.
Milestone on West Side, South of Junction with Borwick Lane at Ngr Sd 513 728
- WRENN ID
- stark-stair-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1983
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on West Side, South of Junction with Borwick Lane at Ngr Sd 513 728, Milnthorpe Road, Warton
- OS grid reference
- SD 513 728
- Coordinates
- 54.14878, -2.74688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from around 1800, is located on the west side of Milnthorpe Road, south of the junction with Borwick Lane. It is made of sandstone and features cast-iron plates. The milestone has a triangular section with a semi-circular base. The word 'Warton' is incised on the base. The left-hand plate indicates a distance of 'Burton II½ miles', while the right-hand plate shows 'Lancaster VIII miles'.
Local climate
Milestone on West Side, South of Junction with Borwick Lane at Ngr Sd 513 728 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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