Milestone About Half A Mile South of the Junction with Shelford Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1962. Milestone.
Milestone About Half A Mile South of the Junction with Shelford Road
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-storey-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1962
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone About Half A Mile South of the Junction with Shelford Road, Hauxton Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 442 539
- Coordinates
- 52.16526, 0.10699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located about half a mile south of the junction with Shelford Road on Hauxton Road in Trumpington, is the third stone in a series of 16 stones established along the old London road under the will of Dr. Mowse of Trinity Hall. It features the shield of the arms of Trinity Hall, and although the date is now buried, it is recorded as 1729. This milestone is part of the historical context that includes Trumpington Road and the church of St Mary-the-Great.
Local climate
Milestone About Half A Mile South of the Junction with Shelford Road 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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