Milestone Approximately 40m from A685 is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1989. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 40m from A685
- WRENN ID
- other-bracket-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1989
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 613 988
- Coordinates
- 54.38386, -2.59655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 40 meters from the A685, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of painted stone and has a semicircular shape on a square base, with broaches at the angles. The inscription reads: "BB : K/LONSDALE/1¼:14¼" (where BB stands for Borrow Bridge). The base features the initials "JM" in italics. This milestone was placed on the Sedbergh to Grayrigg turnpike road, which was established in 1762.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 40m from A685 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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