Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- silver-chalk-fen
- 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, Barkway Road (B1368), Anstey
- OS grid reference
- TL 392 310
- Coordinates
- 51.96088, 0.02498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone, dating from around 1742, originally for the Wadesmill Turnpike Trust. The front 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 front plate. The milestone is a square stone pillar facing west, measuring about 400mm square and 750mm high. It has a large front plate with a rounded top. The plate has a segmental top and a raised edge bead, with the inscription 'LONDON/32/WARE/11/BARKWAY/3'. The first and last names on the plate are raised in segmental arcs.
Local climate
Milestone sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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