Milestone Opposite Coomb Grove Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Coomb Grove Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- riven-baluster-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Coomb Grove Farmhouse, Ermine Way, Arrington
- OS grid reference
- TL 320 528
- Coordinates
- 52.15849, -0.07167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, is located opposite Coomb Grove Farmhouse on the west side of Ermine Way in Arrington. Made of limestone, the milestone features a bull-nosed design with stop-chamfered corners. The roadside face is inscribed with the distances to London (46 miles), Royston (8 miles), and Caxton (4 miles), and is painted white with black lettering.
As part of a series of milestones erected on the Old North Road, this example is significant for its legibility and original location, reflecting the historical development of the road network and the perception of distance before the motor age.
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Coomb Grove Farmhouse 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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