Milepost Approximately 30 Metres South of Chenies Village is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1992. Milepost.

Milepost Approximately 30 Metres South of Chenies Village

WRENN ID
old-steeple-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 April 1992
Type
Milepost
OS grid reference
TQ 015 979
Coordinates
51.67119, -0.53297
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century milepost located approximately 30 metres south of Chenies Village on the old Hatfield to Reading Turnpike Road. It is made of painted cast iron and features a triangular base that is chamfered to a gable top. The top is inscribed with 'Hatfield 20' in raised Clarendon style lettering and numerals. The base also has inscriptions in a similar style, with 'Amersham 4 Reading 30' on the left side, which includes a projecting lug to accommodate the first 'A', and 'Rickmansworth 4' on the right side.

Local climate

Milepost Approximately 30 Metres South of Chenies Village 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 84% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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