Milestone at NGR SJ 2955 3707 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milestone at NGR SJ 2955 3707

WRENN ID
broken-rubble-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at NGR SJ 2955 3707, Chirk Road (B5070), Chirk, Weston Rhyn, LL14 5DE
OS grid reference
SJ 295 370
Coordinates
52.92643, -3.04938
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone was installed between 1826 and 1827 on Thomas Telford's Holyhead Road. It is made of limestone, which may have been painted at a later date, and features a slightly recessed cast-iron plate. The inscription on the milestone reads "HOLY- / HEAD / 84-M / SALOP / 22M-6F."

Local climate

Milestone at NGR SJ 2955 3707 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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