Guide Post 100 Metres South of Sycamore Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1983. Milestone.
Guide Post 100 Metres South of Sycamore Farm
- WRENN ID
- weathered-foundation-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1983
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SK 266 534
- Coordinates
- 53.07785, -1.60313
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone located 100 metres south of Sycamore Farm, dated 1705. It is made of gritstone and stands approximately 3 feet high, with slight damage at the top. The milestone is inscribed on all sides: "WIRKSWORTH 1705" on the east, "ASHBOURNE 1705" on the west, "BAKEWELL 1705" on the north, and "DARBY 1705" on the south. There is an Ordnance Survey bench mark at the base on the north side. This structure is also recognized as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Guide Post 100 Metres South of Sycamore Farm receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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