Milestone West of Percy Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1986. Milestone.
Milestone West of Percy Hill
- WRENN ID
- other-attic-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone West of Percy Hill, A595, Boltons
- OS grid reference
- NY 225 432
- Coordinates
- 54.77812, -3.20621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located west of Percy Hill, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century, was created for the Carlisle-Cockermouth Turnpike. It is made of red sandstone and features a cast-iron plate. The stone has a rounded top and a curved face, with a plate on the front displaying raised letters indicating distances: CARLISLE 14 MILES, WIGTON 4 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 11½ MILES. The milestone is whitewashed, with the lettering highlighted in black.
Local climate
Milestone West of Percy Hill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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