The Whetstone Outside the Griffin Public House Number 1262 is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1983. Mounting block.
The Whetstone Outside the Griffin Public House Number 1262
- WRENN ID
- fading-chamber-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Chipping Barnet MP: Dan Tomlinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1983
- Type
- Mounting block
- Address
- The Whetstone Outside the Griffin Public House Number 1262, High Road N20, N20 9HH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 264 939
- Coordinates
- 51.63012, -0.1747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whetstone outside the Griffin Public House at number 1262 on High Road in Whetstone is a block of limestone of indeterminate age. It is believed to be the source of the village's name and is likely a mounting block.
Local climate
The Whetstone Outside the Griffin Public House Number 1262 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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