Milestone (Sedbergh 4) by High Wardses is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Milestone.
Milestone (Sedbergh 4) by High Wardses
- WRENN ID
- sombre-cinder-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone (Sedbergh 4) by High Wardses, Cautley Road, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 696 960
- Coordinates
- 54.35916, -2.46883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone, dating from the late 19th century, located on Cautley Road in Sedbergh. It is made of cast iron and features a short triangular shaft with a semicircular head. The head has raised lettering that reads "SEDBERGH & KIRKBY STEPHEN / ROAD / CAUTLEY." The left and right faces of the shaft display the distances to Kirkby Stephen and Sedbergh, stating "KIRKBY / STEPHEN / 10 MILES" and "SEDBERGH / 4 MILES," respectively. This milestone is one of four remaining in a series of five within the parish.
Local climate
Milestone (Sedbergh 4) by High Wardses sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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