Milepost Opposite Junction with Old Wortley Road is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Milepost.

Milepost Opposite Junction with Old Wortley Road

WRENN ID
cold-fireplace-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Constituency
Rotherham MP: Sarah Champion (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 February 1986
Type
Milepost
OS grid reference
SK 400 938
Coordinates
53.43951, -1.39889
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milepost, dating from the second half of the 19th century, is located on the north side of Wortley Road, opposite the junction with Old Wortley Road in Rotherham. It was made by Brayshaw and Booth of Liversedge and is constructed from cast iron, fixed onto a sandstone pillar. The milepost features angled sides and a sloping top plate beneath a round-headed panel. The raised lettering on the upper panel indicates the directions to Rotherham, Wortley, and Four Lane Ends. The left side shows a distance of 2 miles to Rotherham, while the right side indicates 12 and a quarter miles to Penistone and 3 and a half miles to Chapeltown.

Local climate

Milepost Opposite Junction with Old Wortley Road receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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