Milestone on Wall to North West of High School House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1985. Milestone.

Milestone on Wall to North West of High School House

WRENN ID
endless-corner-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1985
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone on Wall to North West of High School House, A595, Gosforth, Cumberland
OS grid reference
NY 064 037
Coordinates
54.4202, -3.44384
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, likely dating from around 1812 when the roads were improved, is located on a wall to the north-west of High School House in Gosforth. It is a monolithic sandstone block placed on top of the wall, with a trapezoidal shape, measuring approximately 3 feet long and 1 foot 3 inches high. The milestone is painted white, featuring crude incised lettering with outline hands highlighted in black.

On the east face, which has chamfered edges, the inscriptions read: "TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES TO EGREMONT 6" with a hand pointing to the right, and "TO BROUGHTON 16 MILES TO KENDAL 36" with a hand pointing to the left. The west face displays: "TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES TO EGREMONT 6" with a hand pointing to the left, and "TO RAVENGLASS 5 MILES TO ULVERSTON 31" with a hand pointing to the right.

Local climate

Milestone on Wall to North West of High School House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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