Milepost Near Highfields Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. Milepost.
Milepost Near Highfields Farm
- WRENN ID
- cold-tower-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost Near Highfields Farm, Willslock, Uttoxeter Rural
- OS grid reference
- SK 078 311
- Coordinates
- 52.87761, -1.88428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century milepost located near Highfields Farm in Uttoxeter Rural. 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 on its surface, with a black painted base. The inscriptions indicate distances: "Left: UTTOXETER 2", "Right: ABBOTS BROMLEY 5 HANDSACRE 11 LICHFIELD 16", and "Top: UTTOXETER".
This milepost is notable for its well-preserved condition and original location, contributing to a group of similar structures that mark routes in East Staffordshire. It serves as a reminder of the increasing significance of road transport for people and goods during the 19th century and is a good example of a milepost in situ, justifying its listing.
Local climate
Milepost Near Highfields Farm receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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