Milestone Adjacent to the Hollow is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. Milestone.
Milestone Adjacent to the Hollow
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-chancel-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1982
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- TL 356 778
- Coordinates
- 52.38175, -0.00877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th century or early 19th century milestone located adjacent to The Hollow on St Ives Road in Somersham. The milestone has a square section and features a pyramidal top. The north face is inscribed with "Somersham Parish," the west face reads "Wisbech 26 miles," and the east face indicates "St Ives 5 miles."
Local climate
Milestone Adjacent to the Hollow 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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