Milestone Opposite Entrance to New Laithe Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Entrance to New Laithe Farm
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-trefoil-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Entrance to New Laithe Farm, Harewood Avenue
- OS grid reference
- SE 335 450
- Coordinates
- 53.90036, -1.49081
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located opposite the entrance to New Laithe Farm, dates from the early to mid-19th century. It features a single-arched stone structure that is overlaid with a cast-iron triangular section. The letters on the milestone are in relief. The top of the milestone reads "TADCASTER & OTLEY ROAD HAREWOOD." The left face indicates "WETHERBY HAREWOOD," while the right face shows distances: "5¼ MILES 1 MILE BOSTON OTLEY 6 MILES 9¼ MILES" and "TADCASTER 10 MILES."
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Entrance to New Laithe Farm receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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