Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1989. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
slow-merlon-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnsley
Constituency
Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1989
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Barnsley Road, Penistone
OS grid reference
SE 247 039
Coordinates
53.532, -1.62774
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This 18th century milestone is a monolithic pillar with a rounded top and flat faces. The front of the milestone is inscribed in serifed lettering, indicating distances to Barnsley (7 miles) and Manchester (29 miles).

Local climate

Milestone receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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