Mile Post (North of Graves Farm) is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1988. Milepost.
Mile Post (North of Graves Farm)
- WRENN ID
- keen-portal-smoke
- 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 (North of Graves Farm), Main Road, Fosdyke
- OS grid reference
- TF 316 326
- Coordinates
- 52.87524, -0.0454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located north of Graves Farm, dating from the early 19th century. It is made of cast iron and has a narrow triangular shape. The milepost features raised cast letters indicating the distances to Sleaford, 20 miles away, and Holbeach, 8 miles away. Graves Farm, mentioned in the address, is not listed as a heritage site.
Local climate
Mile Post (North of Graves Farm) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- No related consent applications matched
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