Milestone South of Longnor Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 2008. Waymarker.
Milestone South of Longnor Market Place
- WRENN ID
- dusk-remnant-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 2008
- Type
- Waymarker
- Address
- Milestone South of Longnor Market Place, B5053, Staffordshire Moorlands
- OS grid reference
- SK 088 649
- Coordinates
- 53.18122, -1.86916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone south of Longnor Market Place is an early 18th century stone waymarker featuring a later ball finial. The south-facing side displays the names "BAKEWELL" with a hand pointing to the right and "LEEK" with a hand pointing to the left. The east-facing side reads "BUXTON" with a hand pointing to the right and "ASHBURN" with a hand pointing to the left. The north-facing side shows "LEEK" with a hand pointing to the right and "BAKEWELL" with a hand pointing to the left. The hands indicating directions are designed to look like gauntlet-clad hands.
This stone waymarker is believed to have been erected between 1709 and 1711, predating the later 18th century expansion of the road network due to turnpike legislation. It is a well-preserved example of an early 18th century stone waymarker and is located near several listed buildings, including a cross, making it similar in character to the distinctive guide stoops found in Derbyshire.
Local climate
Milestone South of Longnor Market Place sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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