Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. A Victorian Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-terrace-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Milestone, Tadcaster Road, Copmanthorpe
- OS grid reference
- SE 569 476
- Coordinates
- 53.92149, -1.13502
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone, probably early 19th century. This stone post stands approximately 0.75 metres high and features a triangular shape with a round-arched top. It has a cast-iron plaque with a raised inscription painted black against a white background. The east face reads: TADCASTER / 6 MILES / LEEDS / 20 MILES, while the west face states: YORK / 3½ MILES. The inscription around the head says: TADCASTER & HOBMOOR / ROAD / COPMANTHORPE.
Local climate
Milestone sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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