Milestone Opposite Number 9 (Mushroom Cottage) is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Number 9 (Mushroom Cottage)
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-storey-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Number 9 (Mushroom Cottage), High Street, Graveley
- OS grid reference
- TL 231 277
- Coordinates
- 51.93431, -0.21013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century milestone located on the east side of Graveley High Street, opposite number 9, known as Mushroom Cottage. It was erected for the Stevenage-Biggleswade Turnpike Trust, which was founded in 1720. The milestone is made of white freestone, likely Portland Stone, and measures about 15 inches square, standing approximately 27 inches above the ground. The top of the stone is shaped like a blunt pyramid. The north face features a deeply cut inscription in 18th-century lettering that reads "33/MILES/from/LONDON." The south face has a similar inscription, though it is much weathered, indicating that the stone may have been reversed when the inscription needed to be recut.
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Number 9 (Mushroom Cottage) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% 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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