Milestone Opposite 129 Gisburn Road is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite 129 Gisburn Road
- WRENN ID
- eastward-gutter-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pendle
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1988
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite 129 Gisburn Road, Barrowford
- OS grid reference
- SD 859 396
- Coordinates
- 53.85302, -2.21542
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dated 1863, is located opposite 129 Gisburn Road in Barrowford. It stands 5 feet high and is made from a single piece of moulded stone. Originally set in the boundary wall of a stream, the milestone features a broad, rusticated base that rises as a narrow projection approximately 2 feet above the wall. On the northeast side of the projection, there is incised lettering that reads "To/Burnley/5 Miles," while the southwest side states "To/Gisburne/7 Miles."
Local climate
Milestone Opposite 129 Gisburn Road sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
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