Milepost Opposite Stone Bank is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 2008. Milepost.

Milepost Opposite Stone Bank

WRENN ID
gentle-bailey-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Staffordshire
Constituency
Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 2008
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost Opposite Stone Bank, Alton Road, Denstone
OS grid reference
SK 096 410
Coordinates
52.96637, -1.85757
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milepost opposite Stone Bank is a 19th-century milepost made of hollow cast iron, featuring a triangular shape with a sloping top. It is painted white with raised black lettering. The inscriptions on the milepost indicate distances: on the left side, it reads "DENSTONE ½", "ELLASTONE 2 ¼", and "ASHBOURNE 7"; on the right side, it states "ALTON 2" and "CHEADLE 6". The top of the milepost is inscribed with "DENSTONE PARISH". This milepost is well-preserved in its original location and is part of a group of similar structures, many of which are listed, that mark routes in East Staffordshire. It serves as a reminder of the increasing significance of road transport in the 19th century and is a notable example of a milepost in situ, warranting its listing.

Local climate

Milepost Opposite Stone Bank receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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