Milestone on Southern Verge Approximately 250 Metres West of Moat Farm Corner Tl814 267 is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Milestone.
Milestone on Southern Verge Approximately 250 Metres West of Moat Farm Corner Tl814 267
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-clay-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- TL 814 366
- Coordinates
- 51.99853, 0.64114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This stone milestone, dating from the 18th century, is located on the southern verge approximately 250 metres west of Moat Farm corner. It has a triangular shape with the top cut back and is inscribed with "To London 51." The east and west faces feature additional inscriptions indicating distances: "Castle Hedingham 2," "Gestingthorpe," and "Sudbury 5," along with "Gestingthorpe."
Local climate
Milestone on Southern Verge Approximately 250 Metres West of Moat Farm Corner Tl814 267 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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