Milepost Near the Garden House is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Milepost.
Milepost Near the Garden House
- WRENN ID
- shifting-niche-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost Near the Garden House, London Road A41, Tring
- OS grid reference
- SP 928 115
- Coordinates
- 51.79459, -0.6557
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milepost near The Garden House is a Grade II listed structure dating from 1826, commissioned by the Sparrows Herne Turnpike Trust. Made of cast iron and painted, it features a hollow back and a prismatic front with a semi-circular head that has a raised edge bead. The head displays raised lettering in an arc stating 'LONDON/31'. The east face indicates 'AYLESBURY/7', while the west face shows 'BERKHAM-SD/5/WATFORD/16'. Additionally, the back of the head is inscribed with 'LONDON/RI & I BARNETT/FOUNDERS 1826'.
Local climate
Milepost Near the Garden House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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