Canal Milepost at Sk 001 485 is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Milepost.
Canal Milepost at Sk 001 485
- WRENN ID
- lesser-bronze-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Canal Milepost at Sk 001 485, Ipstones
- OS grid reference
- SK 001 486
- Coordinates
- 53.03484, -1.9987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a canal milepost dated 1820, made of cast iron and standing approximately 800mm high. It is set on a circular shaft with a convex rectangular display at the top, which is divided down the center. The left side is inscribed with "ETRURIA/15/MILES" and the right side with "UTTOXETER/15/MILES". The head of the milepost is finished with a dome, and the base features a small quatrefoil inscribed with "R & D/STONE/1820".
Local climate
Canal Milepost at Sk 001 485 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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