Milestone on South Corner of Track to Athena Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone on South Corner of Track to Athena Cottage
- WRENN ID
- little-tin-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on South Corner of Track to Athena Cottage, Cambridge Road, Thundridge
- OS grid reference
- TL 359 176
- Coordinates
- 51.84108, -0.02779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on the south corner of the track to Athena Cottage in Wadesmill, dates from around 1742 and was created for the Wadesmill Turnpike Trust. The original inscription has been covered by an iron lettered plate, which was possibly designed by McAdam around 1804. The milestone is made of white freestone and features a cast iron front plate. It is a low square pillar of stone topped with a segmental curved top and a raised bead surrounding the plate. The inscription on the plate reads "LONDON/23/WARE/2/BUNTINGFORD/8", with the first and last words raised in segmental arcs.
Local climate
Milestone on South Corner of Track to Athena Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% 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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