Milepost at Sk 041 474 is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. A Early 20th Century Milepost.
Milepost at Sk 041 474
- WRENN ID
- far-outpost-twilight
- 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
- Period
- Early 20th Century
- Address
- Milepost at Sk 041 474, A 52, Kingsley
- OS grid reference
- SK 041 474
- Coordinates
- 53.02404, -1.93889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost, likely from the early 20th century, made of cast iron. It has a triangular shape with an inclined head positioned about 500mm above the ground. The front of the milepost is inscribed with the name "WHISTON." The left side features distances to Froghall (1.5 miles), Cheadle (4.5 miles), Hanley (11 miles), Stoke (12 miles), and Newcastle (13.5 miles). The right side indicates a distance of 10.25 miles to Ashbourne.
Local climate
Milepost at Sk 041 474 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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