Milepost, Hillside House is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 July 1998. Mile post.

Milepost, Hillside House

WRENN ID
lesser-beam-wind
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 July 1998
Type
Mile post
OS grid reference
NT 045 952
Coordinates
56.1404, -3.53786
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a group of three cast-iron mileposts, likely dating from the mid-19th century, located on the A823 road between Dunfermline and Rumbling Bridge. Each post features a two-stage design with a black and white finish. They have a waisted columnar plinth that transitions into finialled, battered rectangular faces. Each face displays the name of the destination along with the distance in miles. The inscriptions are as follows:

  • One post indicates Dunfermline 7 miles and Rumbling Bridge 9.5 miles.
  • Another post shows Dunfermline 8 miles and Rumbling Bridge 9.5 miles.
  • The third post states Dunfermline 9 miles and Rumbling Bridge 2.5 miles.

Local climate

Milepost, Hillside House receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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