Milestone in front of 161 Congleton Road is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 2021. Milestone.

Milestone in front of 161 Congleton Road

WRENN ID
plain-steel-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 2021
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone in front of 161 Congleton Road, Biddulph, Stoke-On-Trent, ST8 6QJ
OS grid reference
SJ 887 584
Coordinates
53.12297, -2.16937
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 18th century milestone located in front of 161 Congleton Road, erected by the Tunstall and Bosley Turnpike Trust. The milestone is triangular in shape and carved from local gritstone, likely sourced from the Bridestone quarry. It is positioned on the pavement side of the front boundary wall. The milestone features notched shoulders, and its road-facing side is chamfered to create two gently angled faces. The inscription on both faces is very worn, but it is believed to read, "TO/ CONGLETON/ 3 1/2 MILES/ TO/ MACCLESFIELD/ 11 MILES/ TO/ NEWCASTLE/ 9 MILES."

Local climate

Milestone in front of 161 Congleton Road receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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