Milepost in Front of Milestone House is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1987. Milepost.
Milepost in Front of Milestone House
- WRENN ID
- empty-cupola-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1987
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost in Front of Milestone House, Hall Lane, Upton and North Elmsall
- OS grid reference
- SE 475 126
- Coordinates
- 53.60869, -1.28211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milepost in front of Milestone House is likely from the early 19th century. It is made of sandstone and cast iron. The stone post has a rectangular section measuring 34 cm by 28 cm and stands 80 cm high, featuring a rounded top. Attached to the front is a round-headed iron plate with raised lettering that reads "LONDON" around the edge, along with "171 D" (where D stands for Doncaster) and "W 11" (where W stands for Wakefield).
Local climate
Milepost in Front of Milestone House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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