Milepost SW of 'The Polite Vicar' Public House (Ngr Sj8563946477) is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 2008. A C19 Milepost.
Milepost SW of 'The Polite Vicar' Public House (Ngr Sj8563946477)
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-jade-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme MP: Adam Jogee (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 2008
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost SW of 'The Polite Vicar' Public House (Ngr Sj8563946477), Etruria Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 856 464
- Coordinates
- 53.01541, -2.21545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milepost located southwest of 'The Polite Vicar' public house is a 19th-century structure made of painted cast iron. It features a cylindrical post topped with a fluted dome and has an attached rectangular plate. The inscriptions on the milepost are cast in relief, indicating distances: "LEEK 11 MILES" on the left face and "NEWCASTLE 1/2 MILE" on the right face.
This milepost was erected by the Newcastle under Lyme Turnpike Trust and was cast by Hales of Cobridge, Stoke on Trent, around 1879. It serves as a good example of a 19th-century milepost, reflecting the standardisation of roads and the development of turnpikes to support the transport needs of the industrialising landscape of 19th-century Staffordshire. The milepost remains in its original location and is intact.
Local climate
Milepost SW of 'The Polite Vicar' Public House (Ngr Sj8563946477) 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 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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