Milestone Near Corney Bury is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Milestone.
Milestone Near Corney Bury
- WRENN ID
- fallow-casement-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Near Corney Bury, Royston Road (A10), Cottered
- OS grid reference
- TL 356 307
- Coordinates
- 51.95878, -0.02766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located near Corney Bury, dates from around 1742 and was created for the Wadesmill Turnpike Trust. The face of the milestone is covered by an iron plate added around 1804, likely designed by McAdam. It is made of white freestone and stands about 50 cm tall, featuring a square pillar with a large front iron plate. The plate has a segmental curved top and a raised edge-bead. The inscription on the plate reads, 'LONDON/32/BUNTINGFORD/1/ROYSTON/6', with the first and second words raised in segmental arcs.
Local climate
Milestone Near Corney Bury 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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