Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- rusted-belfry-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, High Road, Whaplode
- OS grid reference
- TF 315 244
- Coordinates
- 52.80152, -0.05021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone dating from the mid-19th century. It is made of painted stone and has a rectangular shape with slightly chamfered corners and a pointed head. The milestone stands approximately 0.75 meters high. On the right side, it is inscribed with "Holbeach 3 miles. Whaplode," and on the left side, it reads "Spalding 5 miles. Whaplode."
Local climate
Milestone sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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