Milestone 250 Metres to North West of Entrance to Highfield House is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Milestone.
Milestone 250 Metres to North West of Entrance to Highfield House
- WRENN ID
- endless-shingle-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SE 063 509
- Coordinates
- 53.95467, -1.90534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located 250 metres to the north-west of the entrance to Highfield House in Addingham, dates from the mid-19th century. It features an arched stone structure that is overlaid with cast iron. The milestone has two projecting faces, with the letters presented in relief. The top of the milestone is inscribed with "SKIPTON & OTLEY ROAD ADDINGHAM." The left face indicates a distance of 4¼ miles to Ilkley, while the right face shows distances of 10¼ miles to Otley and 5 miles to Skipton.
Local climate
Milestone 250 Metres to North West of Entrance to Highfield House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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