Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- lunar-chimney-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, London Road, Barley
- OS grid reference
- TL 398 383
- Coordinates
- 52.02583, 0.03658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone is one of 16 along the historic road from Cambridge to London, established by W. Warren between 1728 and 1732. It was set up under a bequest from Dr. W. Mowse, who served as Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, from 1552 to 1553, for the maintenance of local roads. This particular milestone, the 14th, is a white freestone pillar approximately 1 meter high, square in shape with a rounded pyramidal cap.
On the upper part of the front face, there is an iron plate with a segmental head, added around 1804, likely designed by McAdam for the Wadesmill Turnpike Trust. The plate displays the inscriptions 'LONDON 37/BARKWAY 2/CAMBRIDGE 14'. Below this, part of the original inscription is still visible, which includes 'CAMBRIDGE' incised with a low relief pointing hand and the date 1732 in Roman numerals.
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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