Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. A 19th century Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-vault-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Milestone, St Ives Road, Eltisley
- OS grid reference
- TL 272 600
- Coordinates
- 52.224, -0.13909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the 19th century or earlier, is made of limestone and features a pyramidal cap. It has incised inscriptions that are painted black, reading 'Eltisley, St Ives 8, Potton 8'.
Local climate
Milestone 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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