Milestone on Footpath in Front of Number 7 is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. Milestone.
Milestone on Footpath in Front of Number 7
- WRENN ID
- rooted-wicket-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on Footpath in Front of Number 7, Bongate, Appleby-In-Westmorland
- OS grid reference
- NY 688 201
- Coordinates
- 54.5758, -2.4838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on the footpath in front of Number 7, dates from the early 19th century. It is made entirely of metal and has a triangular shape with a half-pyramid top. The raised metal lettering indicates the distances to Brough, which is 8 miles away, and Penrith, which is 13 miles away.
Local climate
Milestone on Footpath in Front of Number 7 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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