Milepost, South of Junction with Chessfield Park is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1993. Milepost.
Milepost, South of Junction with Chessfield Park
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-corbel-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1993
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost, South of Junction with Chessfield Park, Amersham Road (A404), Little Chalfont
- OS grid reference
- TQ 000 977
- Coordinates
- 51.66937, -0.55471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century milepost made of painted cast iron, located south of the junction with Chessfield Park on the Amersham Road (A404) in Little Chalfont. The milepost has a triangular base that is chamfered to a gable shape. The top of the milepost is inscribed with 'Hatfield 21' in raised Clarendon lettering and numerals. The base features similar inscriptions: on the left side, it reads 'Amersham 3, Reading 29' with a projecting tag for the first 'A', and on the right side, it states 'Rickmansworth 5'. This milepost is positioned along the old Hatfield to Reading Turnpike Road.
Local climate
Milepost, South of Junction with Chessfield Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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