Mile Post Opposite Lower Gate to Great Glen House is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1986. Mile post.
Mile Post Opposite Lower Gate to Great Glen House
- WRENN ID
- night-quartz-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1986
- Type
- Mile post
- Address
- Mile Post Opposite Lower Gate to Great Glen House, London Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 662 970
- Coordinates
- 52.56747, -1.02328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century mile post located opposite the lower gate to Great Glen House on London Road. It is made of cast iron, painted white with black lettering. The mile post features a triangular design with the inscription 'To London 91' on the triangular cresting. On the left canted side, it reads 'Lester 7', and on the right side, it reads 'Habro 8'. The mile post stands at a height of 1.5 meters.
Local climate
Mile Post Opposite Lower Gate to Great Glen House 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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