Milepost Opposite Villa Farm is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1986. Milepost.
Milepost Opposite Villa Farm
- WRENN ID
- plain-fireplace-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost Opposite Villa Farm, B1363, Wigginton
- OS grid reference
- SE 594 570
- Coordinates
- 54.00601, -1.09402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located opposite Villa Farm in Wigginton, North Yorkshire. It dates from the late 19th century and was made by Mattisons of Bedale. The milepost is made of cast iron and has a triangular shape with a sloping upper face. The pointing hands on the side faces indicate distances but are incorrectly oriented and have replacements bolted over them. The left face shows that Helmsley is 20 miles away, while the right face indicates that York is 3 miles away. The sloping upper face is marked with "Bulmer East HD."
Local climate
Milepost Opposite Villa Farm receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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