Stone Mile Post is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1999. Milepost.
Stone Mile Post
- WRENN ID
- final-merlon-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1999
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Stone Mile Post, Wirksworth
- OS grid reference
- SK 304 535
- Coordinates
- 53.0784, -1.54737
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This stone milepost dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is a square-sectioned gritstone pillar with smoothly-dressed faces and lightly tooled sides, standing approximately 1 metre tall. The milepost is set into the northern verge of the lane that connects the settlements of Wirksworth and Belper, running in a south-east to north-west direction. The south-west face is inscribed with "LONDON 139, DERBY 12, WIRKSWORTH," and features incised gloved hands pointing in two directions. There are also later inscriptions that include survey benchmarks.
Local climate
Stone Mile Post receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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