Milepost Opposite Warren House Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1985. Milepost.

Milepost Opposite Warren House Cottage

WRENN ID
first-chamber-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Constituency
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP: John Healey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 August 1985
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost Opposite Warren House Cottage, Wentworth Road
OS grid reference
SK 429 979
Coordinates
53.47678, -1.35407
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century milepost located opposite Warren House Cottages on Wentworth Road in Rawmarsh. Made by Brayshaw and Booth from Liversedge, it is constructed from cast iron and 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 Brampton Bierlow and Hooton Roberts Road in Rawmarsh. The left side shows distances to Barnsley (10¾ miles) and Wentworth (3 miles), while the right side lists distances to Doncaster (11 miles), Conisborough (6 miles), and Hooton Roberts (3¾ miles).

Local climate

Milepost Opposite Warren House Cottage 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 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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