Milestone Near Dairy Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1962. Milestone.

Milestone Near Dairy Farmhouse

WRENN ID
patient-mantel-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 1962
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Near Dairy Farmhouse, Fowlmere Road, Newton
OS grid reference
TL 436 483
Coordinates
52.11514, 0.09633
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located near Dairy Farmhouse on Newton Fowlmere Road, dates back to 1730. It is made of stone, painted white with black lettering and Roman numerals. The milestone has a square shape with a domed top. It features the shield of arms of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, above the inscription "VII MILES TO CAMBRIDGE A.D. MDCCXXX" along with a hand pointing in the direction of Cambridge. This milestone is one of those established under a trust created from a bequest by Dr. Mowse, who was the Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, from 1562 to 1563, intended for the maintenance of highways in and around Cambridge.

Local climate

Milestone Near Dairy Farmhouse 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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