Grantham Canal, 12 Miles Post Approximately 350 Metres South East of Main Street, Kinoulton is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1989. Milepost.
Grantham Canal, 12 Miles Post Approximately 350 Metres South East of Main Street, Kinoulton
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-basalt-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1989
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SK 678 305
- Coordinates
- 52.86772, -0.99301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grantham Canal milepost, located approximately 350 metres south-east of Main Street in Kinoulton, is a late 18th-century cast-iron post. It features a rounded top and moulded edges, with raised letters that read "12 MILES FROM THE TRENT." The number 12 is displayed on a riveted-on plate. The canal was authorized in 1793, and this section was constructed by James Green, a surveyor employed by Lord Middleton of Wollaton Hall.
Local climate
Grantham Canal, 12 Miles Post Approximately 350 Metres South East of Main Street, Kinoulton sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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