Milestone Opposite Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Post Office
- WRENN ID
- deep-bonework-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Post Office, Hormead
- OS grid reference
- TL 390 295
- Coordinates
- 51.9471, 0.02127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located opposite the Post Office in Hare Street, was constructed around 1742 for the Wadesmill Turnpike Trust. The front of the milestone is covered by an iron lettered plate, added around 1804, possibly designed by McAdam. It is made of white freestone and features a cast iron plate. The stone pillar is rectangular, measuring approximately 400 mm by 350 mm and standing 750 mm high, facing east from the back of the footpath. The front of the milestone has a rounded top, with a segmental top to the plate, a raised edge bead, and an inscription that reads 'LONDON/31/WARE/10/BARKWAY/4'.
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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