Milestone to South of Ladygill Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Milestone.

Milestone to South of Ladygill Bridge

WRENN ID
weathered-column-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1984
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone to South of Ladygill Bridge, B6277, Alston Moor
OS grid reference
NY 770 378
Coordinates
54.73523, -2.35794
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone dating from the early 19th century, created for the Alston Turnpike Trust. It is made of a single stone, approximately 2 feet high and 1.5 feet wide, with an elliptical top. The milestone is painted white, although the paint is partly damaged. The front face features carved Roman lettering, which is highlighted in black, indicating distances: "TO ALSTON 7 MILES" and "MIDD(LETON) 15 M(ILES)".

Local climate

Milestone to South of Ladygill Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 72 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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