Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1984. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- grim-pediment-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Melton Road, Queniborough
- OS grid reference
- SK 638 125
- Coordinates
- 52.70711, -1.0568
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located on Melton Road in Queniborough, dating from the mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron and features a three-sided base topped with a round arched cap. The name of the parish is inscribed on the cap, while the sides display distances to nearby locations: "Melton 9 miles" and "Leicester 6 miles."
Local climate
Milestone receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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