Milepost in Front of Arundel at SE 419 126 is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1988. Milepost.

Milepost in Front of Arundel at SE 419 126

WRENN ID
ancient-oriel-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 May 1988
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost in Front of Arundel at SE 419 126, Barnsley Road, Hemsworth
OS grid reference
SE 419 126
Coordinates
53.60872, -1.36705
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milepost, located in front of "Arundel" on Barnsley Road in Hemsworth, dates from the early to mid 19th century. It is made of sandstone and features a cast-iron facing plate. The milepost is triangular in shape and stands approximately 1 metre high. It has a flat-faced semicircular head with chamfered sides, displaying raised lettering that reads "BARNSLEY & PONTEFRACT ROAD" around the head and "HEMSWORTH" along the sides, along with the distances of "7 MILES" to Pontefract and "7 MILES" to Barnsley.

Local climate

Milepost in Front of Arundel at SE 419 126 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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