Milepost in Front of Laughton House is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1989. Milepost.
Milepost in Front of Laughton House
- WRENN ID
- brooding-foundation-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1989
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost in Front of Laughton House, Main Street, Sutton-On-The-Forest
- OS grid reference
- SE 583 646
- Coordinates
- 54.07464, -1.10911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost from the late 19th century, located in front of Laughton House on the north side of Main Street in Sutton-on-the-Forest. It is made of cast iron and features a hollow-backed, triangular section with a sloping top plate. The top plate has raised lettering that reads "BULMER/WEST/H.D." On the left side, there is a hand pointing right with the inscription "HELMSLEY/15/MILES," and on the right side, another hand pointing right with the inscription "YORK/8/MILES."
Local climate
Milepost in Front of Laughton House receives an average of 770 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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