Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
iron-terrace-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Uppingham Road, Houghton on the Hill
OS grid reference
SK 678 038
Coordinates
52.6281, -0.99889
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located in Houghton on the Hill, dating from the early 19th century. It is made of stone, possibly slate, and is painted white with black lettering. The milestone is rectangular, approximately 1 meter high, with a cambered top and a slightly convex front. It is inscribed with the distances 'Leicester 6 : Uppingham 13'. The milestone stands about 20 meters to the right of a small lay-by. It is similar to two other milestones located on Uppingham Road in the parishes of Houghton and Thurnby.

Local climate

Milestone receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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