Milepost 800 Yards to the South of Peakshill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1984. Milepost.
Milepost 800 Yards to the South of Peakshill Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- blind-minaret-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1984
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SK 115 818
- Coordinates
- 53.33367, -1.8282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located 800 yards south of Peakshill Farmhouse, dating from the early 19th century. It is made of hollow cast iron and has a triangular shape with a dished top. The southwest face displays the distances to Sheffield (19 miles), Hathersage (9 miles), and Castleton (3 miles). The northeast face indicates that Sparrowpit is 2 miles away. This milepost marked a route that was part of the Sheffield to Manchester Turpike until around 1817.
Local climate
Milepost 800 Yards to the South of Peakshill Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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