Milestone and milepost standing on the south side of Rowley Hill (A1017), around 60m south-east of its junction with Church Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 2021. Milestone, milepost.
Milestone and milepost standing on the south side of Rowley Hill (A1017), around 60m south-east of its junction with Church Walk
- WRENN ID
- blind-rood-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 2021
- Type
- Milestone, milepost
- OS grid reference
- TL 692 440
- Coordinates
- 52.06937, 0.46862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description covers a late 18th century milestone and an early to mid 19th century milepost located on the south side of Rowley Hill (A1017), approximately 60 meters southeast of its junction with Church Walk.
The two waymarkers are positioned side by side within a small gravelled area bordered by concrete edging stones, which are not of special interest. The milestone is made of limestone and has a rectangular shape with a flat top. Its north face features a worn inscription that reads "HALSTEAD / 14."
The milepost is constructed from cast iron and has a triangular shape with a pointed central panel. This panel displays the inscription "COLCHESTER / 27 / Strurmere." The east face of the milepost shows the number 1, although the accompanying lettering for Haverhill is now missing. The west face of the milepost reads "HALSTED / 14."
Local climate
Milestone and milepost standing on the south side of Rowley Hill (A1017), around 60m south-east of its junction with Church Walk sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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