Milestone, Adjoining North West Corner of Dairy, Immediately North of Gorhambury House is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone, Adjoining North West Corner of Dairy, Immediately North of Gorhambury House
- WRENN ID
- dim-balcony-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- TL 113 078
- Coordinates
- 51.75853, -0.38797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located at the north-west corner of the Dairy and immediately north of Gorhambury House, is likely from the late 18th century. It is made of Portland stone and features a square pier that stands about 1 metre high. The inscriptions on the south and east sides are identical, though partly illegible, stating: 'This ... from London 22 miles to 6 Furlongs 12 Poles'.
Local climate
Milestone, Adjoining North West Corner of Dairy, Immediately North of Gorhambury House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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- No sale records on file
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