Milepost in Tavernspite village is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 October 1997. Milepost.
Milepost in Tavernspite village
- WRENN ID
- slow-storey-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1997
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost in Tavernspite village, Lampeter Velfrey
- OS grid reference
- SN 181 126
- Coordinates
- 51.78289, -4.63724
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This milepost, located in Tavernspite village, consists of two cast-iron plates with pointed tops. The plates are positioned at a right angle to each other and are attached to a solid backing, but they are not fixed to one another.
The plate facing west indicates a distance of '16 miles 1301 yards to Carmarthen', while the east-facing plate shows '4 miles 1219 yards to Narberth'. Both plates feature the smaller inscription 'Marychurch Foundry' at the bottom. This milepost is the first along the Tavernspite turnpike and is situated near the former location of the turnpike gate.
Local climate
Milepost in Tavernspite village sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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