Milestone Outside No 279 is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 2008. Milestone.
Milestone Outside No 279
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-loggia-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 2008
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Outside No 279, Congleton Road, Biddulph
- OS grid reference
- SJ 888 596
- Coordinates
- 53.13369, -2.16847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone outside No 279 on Congleton Road in Biddulph is a gritstone structure dating from around 1770. It has a triangular shape with ramped corners on either side, which is thought to be a unique feature for milestones in the Biddulph area. Each roadside face of the milestone is inscribed with the words "To" and "Miles." Historical Ordnance Survey maps indicate that the stone originally displayed distances of 3 miles to Congleton and 9 1/2 miles to Newcastle-under-Lyme, but this wording was defaced in 1940 as a precaution against invasion.
The milestone was erected by the New Biddulph Turnpike Trust and may have originally been dated 1770. It is significant as an example of a late 18th-century milestone, illustrating the expansion of the road network before the 1773 general Turnpike Act, which mandated the recording of mileage. The milestones along this route represent the standardization of roads and the introduction of turnpikes to meet the transport needs of the increasingly industrial landscape of 18th-century Staffordshire. The act of defacing the stone in 1940 adds historical importance, and it holds group value with other milestones along this turnpike road.
Local climate
Milestone Outside No 279 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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