Milestone (South West of Drawdykes Castle) is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone (South West of Drawdykes Castle)
- WRENN ID
- sunken-lintel-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone (South West of Drawdykes Castle), Stanwix Rural
- OS grid reference
- NY 416 584
- Coordinates
- 54.91689, -2.91237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located southwest of Drawdykes Castle, dates from around 1758 and was originally erected for the Carlisle-Newcastle Military Road. It is made of sandstone and features cast-iron plates. The stone is chamfered to present two faces in the direction of traffic. One face has a cast plate inscribed with "CARLISLE 2 MILES" in three lines, while the other face reads "TO NEWCASTLE 54 MILES" in four lines. The milestone has been whitewashed, with the lettering highlighted in black. In 1811, this route became the Carlisle-Tamon Turnpike. Each milestone is depicted on Hodgskinson and Donald's map of Cumberland and Westmorland, which was surveyed in 1770.
Local climate
Milestone (South West of Drawdykes Castle) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% 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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