Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. Milepost.
Milepost
- WRENN ID
- slow-wall-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost, Wood Lane, Yoxall
- OS grid reference
- SK 142 210
- Coordinates
- 52.78648, -1.79048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century milepost located on Wood Lane in Yoxall. It is made of hollow cast iron and has a triangular shape with a sloping top. The milepost is painted white and features raised black lettering, along with a black painted base. The inscriptions on the milepost indicate the distances to various locations: on the left side, it reads "YOXALL 1 ½", "KINGS BROMLEY 3 ½", and "LICHFIELD 9"; on the right side, it states "MARCHINGTON 7 ¼", "SUDBURY 7 ½", and "ASHBOURNE 17 ½". The top of the milepost also displays "YOXALL". This milepost is significant as it remains in its original location and is part of a group of listed mileposts that mark routes in East Staffordshire, highlighting the growing importance of road transport in the 19th century. It is a good example of a milepost in situ and is worthy of listing.
Local climate
Milepost receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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