Milestone at Number 16 Whittlesford Road is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Milestone.
Milestone at Number 16 Whittlesford Road
- WRENN ID
- waiting-pediment-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Number 16 Whittlesford Road, Little Shelford
- OS grid reference
- TL 454 515
- Coordinates
- 52.14302, 0.12409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone at Number 16 Whittlesford Road is a mid-19th century cast iron structure. It has a triangular shape and features inscriptions indicating "Lt. Shelford Parish," "Cambridge 5," and "London 50." The road where this milestone is located was de-turnpiked in 1872.
Local climate
Milestone at Number 16 Whittlesford Road 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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