Milepost Approximately 20 Metres to East of Drive to Swinnow Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Milepost.
Milepost Approximately 20 Metres to East of Drive to Swinnow Hill
- WRENN ID
- lesser-cornice-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1988
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SE 425 492
- Coordinates
- 53.93752, -1.35276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located approximately 20 metres east of the drive to Swinnow Hill, dating from the late 19th century. It was made by Brayshaw and Booth of Liversedge. The milepost is constructed from cast iron and is fixed on a gritstone pillar. It features angled sides and a sloping top plate beneath a round-headed panel. The raised lettering on the upper panel reads "COLLINGHAM & YORK ROAD / WETHERBY." The left side indicates distances to Wetherby (1 mile), Collingham (3 miles), and Leeds (14 miles). The right side shows the distance to York (12 miles).
Local climate
Milepost Approximately 20 Metres to East of Drive to Swinnow Hill receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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