Milepost Approximately 1 Mile South of Spofforth is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Milepost.
Milepost Approximately 1 Mile South of Spofforth
- WRENN ID
- leaning-forge-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SE 374 498
- Coordinates
- 53.94327, -1.4308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century milepost located approximately 1 mile south of Spofforth. It is made of cast iron and gritstone, featuring a triangular shape with a rounded head and standing about 80 centimetres high. The inscriptions on the milepost include "Wetherby, Spofforth and Knaresbro Road Spofforth with Stockeld" on the head, "Wetherby 2 miles" on the left face, and "Harrogate 6 miles, Knaresbro 5 miles, Spofforth 1 mile" on the right face. The iron plate is secured to the gritstone support with two iron bolts.
Local climate
Milepost Approximately 1 Mile South of Spofforth receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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