Milestone Approximately 250 Yards North of Punch Bowl Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 250 Yards North of Punch Bowl Public House
- WRENN ID
- plain-flagstone-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 526 884
- Coordinates
- 54.28903, -2.72886
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 250 yards north of the Punch Bowl Public House, dates from 1826 and is made of cast iron. It has a half-hexagonal shape with a fluted face and a domed top, and it is painted black and white. The north side is marked with "BURTON 8 MILES," while the south side reads "KENDAL 3 MILES." This milestone is part of a series of similar milestones and boundary stones that can be found along the old Turnpike Road.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 250 Yards North of Punch Bowl Public House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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