Milestone Approximately 150 Yards North-West of Storth End Farmhouse Near Half Penny Turn Off is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 150 Yards North-West of Storth End Farmhouse Near Half Penny Turn Off
- WRENN ID
- eternal-moat-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 532 870
- Coordinates
- 54.27727, -2.7192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dated 1826, is located approximately 150 yards northwest of Storth End Farmhouse near the Half Penny turn off. It is made of cast iron and has a half hexagonal shape with fluted faces and a domed top. The milestone is painted black and white and features the inscriptions "BURTON/ 7/MILES" on the north side and "KENDAL/ 4/MILES" on the south side. It is part of a series of similar milestones and boundary posts along the old Turnpike Road.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 150 Yards North-West of Storth End Farmhouse Near Half Penny Turn Off 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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