Milestone Opposite Junction with Prospect Drive at Ngr Sd 471 659 is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. Milestone. 1 related planning application.
Milestone Opposite Junction with Prospect Drive at Ngr Sd 471 659
- WRENN ID
- floating-ember-bracken
- 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 Opposite Junction with Prospect Drive at Ngr Sd 471 659, Hest Bank Lane, Slyne-With-Hest
- OS grid reference
- SD 471 659
- Coordinates
- 54.08691, -2.80956
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from around 1800, is located on the west side of Hest Bank Lane in Slyne-with-Hest, opposite the junction with Prospect Drive. It is made of sandstone and features cast iron plates. The milestone has a triangular section with a semi-circular base. The base is inscribed with the words 'SLYNE-WITH-HEST'. The left-hand plate indicates 'Hest Bank 1/4 mile', while the right-hand plate states 'Lancaster III miles'.
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Junction with Prospect Drive at Ngr Sd 471 659 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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