Milepost Opposite Willow Lodge School is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 2008. Milepost.
Milepost Opposite Willow Lodge School
- WRENN ID
- riven-remnant-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 2008
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost Opposite Willow Lodge School, Dorchester Road, Lytchett Minster and Upton
- OS grid reference
- SY 961 931
- Coordinates
- 50.73751, -2.05634
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milepost opposite Willow Lodge School is a cast iron structure from the mid-19th century. It has a triangular shape with a sloping top and is painted white, featuring black lettering. The cast relief lettering in capitals reads: on the east face, "4 WARE HAM"; on the top, "POOLE TRUST"; and on the west face, "4 POOLE".
This milepost is part of a series established by the Poole Turnpike Trust, which was created by an Act of Parliament in 1757, although this specific marker dates from the 19th century. It was relocated several metres to the east around 1905 when the Dorchester Road was diverted.
The milepost is designated at Grade II because, despite its relocation during early 20th-century road work, the distances it displays are still accurate, and it remains intact. It is part of a group of similar mileposts along this route, some of which are already listed.
Local climate
Milepost Opposite Willow Lodge School receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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