Milestone North of Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1985. Milestone.
Milestone North of Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- waning-hinge-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone North of Christ Church, Allonby
- OS grid reference
- NY 080 424
- Coordinates
- 54.7689, -3.43095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located north of Christ Church, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century and was erected for the Wigton-Workington Turnpike. It is made of whitewashed stone and features a round top. The front of the milestone is inscribed with the distances to Wigton (12 miles) and Workington (11 miles).
Local climate
Milestone North of Christ Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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