Milestone Approximately 1,000 Metres to North-East of Lea Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 1,000 Metres to North-East of Lea Castle
- WRENN ID
- former-steeple-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SO 358 898
- Coordinates
- 52.50304, -2.94688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 1,000 metres to the north-east of Lea Castle, dates from the mid to late 19th century. It is made of white painted stone and features black lettering. The top of the milestone is rounded, and it is inscribed with the word "MILES" radially at the top, followed by the distances to various locations: "C H STOKE 6½/M BROOK 7¼/ C ARMS 8" below.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 1,000 Metres to North-East of Lea Castle receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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