Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Milepost.

Milepost

WRENN ID
sleeping-foundation-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1987
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost, Station Road, Manningtree
OS grid reference
TM 105 318
Coordinates
51.94523, 1.06209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milepost from the early 19th century, made of cast iron by Bendall at the Lawford Ironworks in Manningtree. The milepost has a triangular shape with a spur extending from the base to the flat top, which features a curved head. The front face indicates the distance to London as 60 miles, with the left side showing 9 miles to Colchester and the right side showing 12 miles to Harwich. A label on the spur identifies Bendall as iron and brass founders, plough and machine makers from Lawford, Essex, with the year 1834 noted. The Lawford Ironworks, established by O. Bendall in the early 19th century, later became J.R.M. Fitch, closed in 1971, and were subsequently demolished.

Local climate

Milepost receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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