Milepost Opposite Memorial Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1989. Milepost.
Milepost Opposite Memorial Hall
- WRENN ID
- low-dormer-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1989
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost Opposite Memorial Hall, A6, Selside and Fawcett Forest
- OS grid reference
- NY 540 005
- Coordinates
- 54.39847, -2.7095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, located opposite the Memorial Hall, dates back to 1825 and is made of cast iron. It has a half-hexagonal shape with concave faces and a domed cap. The sides feature lettering on panels that reads "SHAP/10/MILES" on one side and "KENDAL/6/MILES" on the other, with the date displayed in the center. This milepost is part of a series along the Heron Syke to Eamont Bridge turnpike road, established in 1753.
Local climate
Milepost Opposite Memorial Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% 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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