Milestone at Varchoel Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1995. Milestone.
Milestone at Varchoel Cottages
- WRENN ID
- small-marble-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1995
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Varchoel Cottages, Guilsfield
- OS grid reference
- SJ 228 126
- Coordinates
- 52.70571, -3.14292
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The milestone at Varchoel Cottages dates from after 1769 and is made of stone. It is a short rectangular pillar with a gabled top, which is now partially buried. The original inscription has been replaced with a painted one that reads "Pool 4 / Oswestry 11+".
Local climate
Milestone at Varchoel Cottages receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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