Mile Post South South East of Wrekin Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Milepost.
Mile Post South South East of Wrekin Hospital
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-footing-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Mile Post South South East of Wrekin Hospital, Holyhead Road, Wellington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 647 107
- Coordinates
- 52.69367, -2.52248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The mile post located south-south-east of Wrekin Hospital dates from around 1815 to 1819. It is made of cast iron and features splayed sides and a top that is inscribed in relief with the distances to London (140 miles) and Shifnal, Salop (10 miles and 8 furlongs). The Holyhead Road Commission authorized Thomas Telford to improve the Holyhead Road from London in 1815, with the improvements taking place between 1815 and 1835. This particular section, from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton, was constructed before 1819 by contractor Henry Williams. The cast iron post was likely produced by the Coalbrookdale Company, similar to other posts along Watling Street in Wrockwardine and Wellington.
Local climate
Mile Post South South East of Wrekin Hospital receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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