Milepost Against North Corner of Castle Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Milepost.
Milepost Against North Corner of Castle Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- steep-brick-primrose
- 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
- Address
- Milepost Against North Corner of Castle Farmhouse, Harrogate Road, Spofforth with Stockeld
- OS grid reference
- SE 363 509
- Coordinates
- 53.95353, -1.44773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, dating from the 19th century, is located against the north corner of Castle Farmhouse. It is made of cast iron and has a triangular shape with a rounded head, standing approximately 80 centimetres high. The inscriptions on the milepost include on the head: "Wetherby Spofforth and Knaresbro Road. Spofforth with Stockeld." The left face indicates distances to Harrogate (5 miles) and Knaresbro (4 miles), while the right face shows the distance to Wetherby (3 miles).
Local climate
Milepost Against North Corner of Castle Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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