Milepost Adjacent to White Swan Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1988. Milestone.

Milepost Adjacent to White Swan Public House

WRENN ID
late-banister-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1988
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SE 267 172
Coordinates
53.65096, -1.59715
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Milepost adjacent to the White Swan public house is a milestone from the mid to late 19th century. It features a cast-iron triangular front mounted on a stone post with a rounded top. The raised letters on the milestone indicate the following distances: "WAKEFIELD & AUSTERLANDS ROAD MIDDLESTOWN HUDDERSFIELD 8½ MILES 2 MILES WAKEFIELD 5 MILES." This stone is located on the Wakefield-Austerlands turnpike road, which was in use from 1759 to 1882.

Local climate

Milepost Adjacent to White Swan Public House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

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

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 60,60a,62,64, New Road Grade II 39 m
  2. Rectangular Range of Farm Buildings Around Courtyard at Netherton Hall Farm Grade II 1.4 km
  3. Netherton Hall Grade II* 1.4 km
  4. Church of St Andrew Grade II 1.5 km
  5. Chimney and Attached Boiler House at Caphouse Colliery Grade II 1.6 km
  6. Winding House, Heapstead and Headstock at Caphouse Colliery Grade II* 1.6 km
  7. Calder and Hebble Navigation Figure of 3 Locks Grade II 1.7 km
  8. Healey New Mill Including Attached Chimney Grade II 1.7 km
  9. Main Farm Building to Thornhill Hall Grade II 2.0 km
  10. Ruins of the Medieval Thornhill Hall in Moated Enclosure, in Rectory Grounds Grade II 2.0 km