Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- leaning-pavement-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, A683, Hornby-With-Farleton
- OS grid reference
- SD 575 673
- Coordinates
- 54.10043, -2.65044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the mid-19th century, is made of sandstone and has a triangular plan with a sloping top. The top is inscribed with the word 'HORNBY'. The inscriptions on the sides are partly obscured by earth and vegetation. The left side indicates 'TO LANCASTER....' while the right side reads 'TO HORNBY....'
Local climate
Milestone 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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