Milestone Beside the Road Opposite Brookland Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1962. Milestone.

Milestone Beside the Road Opposite Brookland Avenue

WRENN ID
quiet-rubblework-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 May 1962
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Beside the Road Opposite Brookland Avenue, Trumpington Road
OS grid reference
TL 452 569
Coordinates
52.19168, 0.12379
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The milestone beside the road opposite Brookland Avenue is a Grade II listed structure located on Trumpington Road. It is the first of a series of 16 stones that were erected along the old road to London by William Warren in 1728, following the will of Dr. William Mowse, who was Master of Trinity Hall from 1552 to 1553. This rectangular stone features an inset rounded head and displays the arms of Trinity Hall alongside those of Mowse, as well as a pointing hand. The inscription on the stone reads "1 Mile to Great Saint Maries Church Cambridge" and includes the date "A D," which is illegible but is known to be 1728. Additionally, there is a datum mark on Great St Mary's Church related to this milestone.

Local climate

Milestone Beside the Road Opposite Brookland Avenue sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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