Milestone Approximately 75 Metres North of Summerdale House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 75 Metres North of Summerdale House
- WRENN ID
- solemn-portal-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 545 820
- Coordinates
- 54.23169, -2.69873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 75 meters north of Summerdale House, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of limestone and features an upright post with a flat top and deep chamfers on the front corners. The milestone is painted black and white, displaying deeply-incised sans-serif lettering and numbers within sunken oval panels. The inscriptions indicate directions to Kirkby Kendal and Lonsdale to the west and Milnthorpe, with the distance of 4 miles to the east.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 75 Metres North of Summerdale House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- No sale records on file
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- Summerdale House
- Garden Walls and Gateways to North and East of Garden to East of Summerdale House
- Spout House Farmhouse
- Dovehouses Bridge Over Kendal/Lancaster Canal
- Aqueduct Carrying Kendal/Lancaster Canal Over Farleton Beck
- Seven Milestone Bridge Over Kendal/Lancaster Canal
- Atkinson's Bridge Over Kendal/Lancaster Canal
- Moss End Farmhouse
- Former Barn with cowhouse under, Waggon Shed and stores
- Boundary Stone on Farleton Bridge Over Farleton Beck