Milestone at Junction of A505 and B1368 is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone at Junction of A505 and B1368
- WRENN ID
- shifting-cornice-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Junction of A505 and B1368, Melbourn
- OS grid reference
- TL 408 429
- Coordinates
- 52.06684, 0.05329
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located at the junction of the A505 and B1368, dating from 1731. It is made of stone, painted white with black lettering and Roman numerals. The milestone has a domed top and is diamond-shaped. The shield of arms of Trinity Hall, Cambridge is displayed above the inscription indicating it is XI miles to Cambridge, along with two hands with pointing fingers and the date A.D. MD CCXXXI. Another face features a hand with a pointing finger above the inscription to Royston, and below it, another hand with a pointing finger and the inscription to Whittlesford. This milestone is one of those established under a trust fund created from a bequest by Dr. Mowse, who was the Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1552 to 1553, intended for the maintenance of highways in and around Cambridge.
Local climate
Milestone at Junction of A505 and B1368 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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