Milestone Opposite Yew Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Yew Cottage
- WRENN ID
- night-gargoyle-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Yew Cottage, Wisbech Road, Long Sutton
- OS grid reference
- TF 441 216
- Coordinates
- 52.77331, 0.13533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located opposite Yew Cottage on Wisbech Road in Long Sutton. This milestone dates from the late 19th century and is made of painted ashlar. It has a rectangular shaft that stands about one metre high and features a moulded head. The front of the milestone is inscribed with "Wisbech 8 miles, Long Sutton," while the right side reads "To Tydd 2 miles" and the left side states "To Long Sutton 1 mile." Yew Cottage is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Yew Cottage 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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