Milepost on North Eastern Verge is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Milepost.
Milepost on North Eastern Verge
- WRENN ID
- grey-tallow-wren
- 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 on North Eastern Verge, Station Road, Bradfield
- OS grid reference
- TM 143 308
- Coordinates
- 51.93453, 1.11733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century milepost located on the northeastern verge at the junction of Bradfield Harwich Road and Station Road. It is made of cast iron and covers an 18th-century milestone. The milepost has a triangular base that tapers to a flat top with a curved head. The head displays the distance from Bradfield to London as 63 miles. The left side panel indicates a distance of 9 miles to Harwich, while the right side panel shows 12 miles to Colchester. Part of the inscription on the original milestone is still visible, reading "LXIII TO ......." This milepost is part of a series that includes another one located in Manningtree.
Local climate
Milepost on North Eastern Verge 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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