Milestone at Sd 78554653 is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1984. Milestone.
Milestone at Sd 78554653
- WRENN ID
- gilded-rood-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Sd 78554653, A59, Sawley
- OS grid reference
- SD 785 465
- Coordinates
- 53.9145, -2.32806
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, likely dating from around 1900, has been moved following road widening. It is made of cast iron and is bolted onto a sandstone support. The structure has a triangular shape at the bottom and a rectangular shape above. The lower section features the inscription 'SKIPTON 14 MILES' on the left side and 'CLITHEROE 4 MILES' on the right side. The upper part has a semi-circular top and is inscribed with 'SKIPTON & CLITHEROE ROAD. SAWLEY'.
Local climate
Milestone at Sd 78554653 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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