Milestone in Front of Fairmead is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Milestone.
Milestone in Front of Fairmead
- WRENN ID
- third-vault-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley MP: Mark Sewards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone in Front of Fairmead, 55, Victoria Road, Morley
- OS grid reference
- SE 265 286
- Coordinates
- 53.75371, -1.59873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located in front of No 55, Fairmead, dating from the early to mid-19th century. It features an arched stone structure overlaid with cast iron, shaped like a triangle in section. The letters are in relief, displaying the following inscriptions: "LEEDS & ELLAND ROAD MORLEY" on the front, and on the left and right faces, it reads "LEEDS MORLEY 4 MILES ½ MILE BIRSTAL 3 MILES CLECKHEATON 5½ MILES BRIGHOUSE 9 MILES." The milestone also bears the maker's name of Brayshaw and Booth from Liversedge.
Local climate
Milestone in Front of Fairmead receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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