Canal Milepost at Sk 217 212, 10m South of Bridge 34 (East Side) is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Milepost.
Canal Milepost at Sk 217 212, 10m South of Bridge 34 (East Side)
- WRENN ID
- gilded-rotunda-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Canal Milepost at Sk 217 212, 10m South of Bridge 34 (East Side), Trent and Mersey Canal, Branston
- OS grid reference
- SK 217 213
- Coordinates
- 52.78908, -1.67962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This canal milepost, dated 1819, is located 10 meters south of Bridge 34 on the east side of the Trent and Mersey Canal. It is made of painted cast iron and features a circular shaft that is approximately 900 millimeters high with a domed top. Below the head, there is a convex plaque that is divided down the center. The left side is inscribed with "SHARDLOW/18/MILES" and the right side with "PRESTON/BROOK/74/MILES". At the base of the shaft, there is a quatrefoil-shaped inscription that reads "R & D/STONE/1819".
Local climate
Canal Milepost at Sk 217 212, 10m South of Bridge 34 (East Side) receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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