Stone pillar (near south east corner of West Park) is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Monument.

Stone pillar (near south east corner of West Park)

WRENN ID
riven-tin-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1975
Type
Monument
Address
Stone pillar (near south east corner of West Park), Harrogate
OS grid reference
SE 302 547
Coordinates
53.98783, -1.53979
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A stone pillar located near the southeast corner of West Park was erected in 1778 to mark the boundary of two Turnpike Trusts on the Leeds to Ripon Turnpike Road. This rough-hewn grit stone monolith is inscribed with the words "Boundary of the Leeds and Ripon Turnpike roads."

Local climate

Stone pillar (near south east corner of West Park) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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