Milepost in Front of No 229 is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. A N/A Milepost.
Milepost in Front of No 229
- WRENN ID
- stranded-parapet-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rotherham
- Constituency
- Rother Valley MP: Jake Richards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Period
- N/A
- Address
- Milepost in Front of No 229, Moorgate Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 443 903
- Coordinates
- 53.40789, -1.33496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, located in front of No 229 on Moorgate Road, dates from the second half of the 19th century and was made by Brayshaw and Booth of Liversedge. It is constructed from cast iron and is fixed against a wall. The milepost features angled sides and a sloping top plate beneath a round-headed panel. The raised lettering on the upper panel reads "ROTHERHAM & PLEASLEY / ROAD / WHISTON." The left side displays distances to Mansfield (21¼ miles), Pleasley (18¼ miles), and Clown (10¾ miles), while the right side indicates Rotherham (2 miles).
Local climate
Milepost in Front of No 229 receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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