Mile Post South of Old Junction with A52 is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1988. Milepost.
Mile Post South of Old Junction with A52
- WRENN ID
- pitched-moulding-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1988
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Mile Post South of Old Junction with A52, Bicker Road (Old A17), Swineshead
- OS grid reference
- TF 242 388
- Coordinates
- 52.93239, -0.15354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, located south of the old junction with the A52 on Bicker Road (formerly the A17) in Swineshead, dates from the mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron and features a triangular plan with a square base. The sides of the milepost display raised cast letters indicating distances: "Sleaford 13 miles, Holbeach 13 miles." It also includes the name "Howden Iron, Boston" and an illegible date on the top, with "Swineshead" inscribed on the base.
Local climate
Mile Post South of Old Junction with A52 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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