Milepost Approximately 40 Metres North of Tower of Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Milepost.
Milepost Approximately 40 Metres North of Tower of Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- vacant-casement-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SO 990 895
- Coordinates
- 52.50348, -2.01506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located approximately 40 metres north of the tower of Christ Church in Oldbury, dating from around 1800. It is made of cast iron and has a triangular shape with a sloping top. The top is inscribed with "TO LONDON 114 MILES". The left side features a pointing finger in relief along with an illegible inscription, while the right side has a similar design with a partly legible inscription that reads "BIRM ... MILES".
Local climate
Milepost Approximately 40 Metres North of Tower of Christ Church receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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