Milepost at Horse Bridge on the north side of the A271 is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 2012. Milepost.
Milepost at Horse Bridge on the north side of the A271
- WRENN ID
- frozen-rotunda-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 2012
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- TQ 579 113
- Coordinates
- 50.87983, 0.24329
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located at Horse Bridge on the north side of the A271. It is made of wood and features an attached cast iron front. The milepost stands 100 cm high, 30 cm wide, and 15 cm deep. At the top, there is a gabled cast iron plate that depicts the buckle of the Pelham family. Below this is the number 54, indicating the distance in miles from the milepost to St Mary-le-Bow Church in London. Following this is a stylised bow and five stylised bells. The background of the plate is painted white, while all relief elements are painted black.
Local climate
Milepost at Horse Bridge on the north side of the A271 receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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