Milestone at Tq 7796 is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1996. Milestone.
Milestone at Tq 7796
- WRENN ID
- little-attic-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1996
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Tq 7796, A130, Rettendon
- OS grid reference
- TQ 769 967
- Coordinates
- 51.64151, 0.55576
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone located at TQ 7796, which is marked on a map from 1777. It is a rectangular stone with a rounded top. The inscription on the north side reads "RAYLEIGH 6," indicating the distance to Rayleigh, while the south side has the inscription "CHELMSFORD 8," showing the distance to Chelmsford.
Local climate
Milestone at Tq 7796 receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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