Old Milestone is a Grade II* listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1965. Guide post.
Old Milestone
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-flagstone-nettle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1965
- Type
- Guide post
- Address
- Old Milestone, Thurstonland Road, Kirkburton
- OS grid reference
- SE 166 114
- Coordinates
- 53.5998, -1.75023
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Milestone is a guide post dated 1738, located at Farnley Moor End. It is a square stone post topped with a moulded cap, which originally supported a sundial, although the iron gnomon is now broken off. The post features inscriptions on all four sides, clearly marked with good lettering and hands indicating directions. The inscriptions read: i) Pennystone ii) Huddersfield 6 miles, 3 miles to Honley 2 miles iii) Holmfirth iv) Jo:n Hoyle 2 miles, Constable Tho:s Bothomley, Surveyor 1738. Additionally, there is a protective iron fence surrounding the milestone.
Local climate
Old Milestone sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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