Milestone to East of Parton Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1984. Milestone. 1 related planning application.
Milestone to East of Parton Police Station
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone to East of Parton Police Station, A595
- OS grid reference
- NX 983 206
- Coordinates
- 54.57049, -3.57449
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone from the mid-19th century located to the east of Parton Police Station. It is made from a single sandstone block that stands about 2 feet high and has a chamfered top. The milestone is square in shape and set diagonally to the road. It is painted white and features a rectangular cast-iron plate on the north face, which has a black border and raised sans-serif lettering that reads: "TO WHITEHAVEN 2 MILES." The plate is missing from the south face.
Local climate
Milestone to East of Parton Police Station sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,560 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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