Mile Post on Temple Bank Approximately Three Hundred Metres West of Temple Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. Mile post.
Mile Post on Temple Bank Approximately Three Hundred Metres West of Temple Farm
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-bastion-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1986
- Type
- Mile post
- OS grid reference
- SE 030 889
- Coordinates
- 54.29629, -1.95415
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mile post located on Temple Bank, approximately 300 metres west of Temple Farm. It dates from the late 19th century and is made of cast iron. The post stands about 600 millimetres high and has a triangular shape. On the left side, there is a hand pointing to the right with the inscription "LEYBURN 6 MILES." On the right side, there is a hand pointing to the left with the inscription "HAWES 11 MILES." At the top of the post, there is a triangular face that reads "LEYBURN H.D." This mile post was created after the reorganisation of highway authorities under the County Councils Act of 1888.
Local climate
Mile Post on Temple Bank Approximately Three Hundred Metres West of Temple Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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