Milepost in Front of Number 245 (Number 245 Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1998. Milepost.
Milepost in Front of Number 245 (Number 245 Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- brooding-fireplace-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1998
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost in Front of Number 245 (Number 245 Not Included), High Street
- OS grid reference
- TG 526 050
- Coordinates
- 52.58482, 1.72829
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located in front of number 245 on High Street in Southtown and Gorleston, dating from 1828. It is made of cast iron and features a triangular shape that tapers into a flat top. The milepost has inscriptions indicating distances to various locations: Gorleston to London 121 miles, Yarmouth 2 miles, Nelson's Monument 3 miles, Ipswich 52 miles, and Lowestoft 7 miles. It also bears the maker's stamp, which reads: "J. Garrett Iron Foundry, St Margaret's, Ipswich, 1828."
Local climate
Milepost in Front of Number 245 (Number 245 Not Included) receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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 EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- No related consent applications matched
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