Milestone Circa 300 Metres to East of Road Junction to Molesworth Village is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. A C18 Milestone.
Milestone Circa 300 Metres to East of Road Junction to Molesworth Village
- WRENN ID
- former-copper-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- TL 077 752
- Coordinates
- 52.36479, -0.41883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the 18th century, is located approximately 300 metres east of the road junction leading to Molesworth village. It is made of limestone and features a bull nose head, set diagonally to the road. The inscription reads 'Thrapston 6 miles, Huntingdon 11 miles', with the letters painted white and outlined in black.
Local climate
Milestone Circa 300 Metres to East of Road Junction to Molesworth Village 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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