Milestone 27 Metres South South West of the Spread Eagle Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 2007. A C18 and C19 Milestone.
Milestone 27 Metres South South West of the Spread Eagle Public House
- WRENN ID
- third-jade-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 2007
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- TL 673 018
- Coordinates
- 51.69056, 0.41938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located 27 meters south-southwest of The Spread Eagle Public House, dates from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is made of limestone with a cast iron cover plate. One side of the cover plate is embossed with 'Chelmsford 4', while the other side reads 'Ingatstone 2'. The sloping surface above is embossed with 'To London 25 Margareting'.
This milestone is part of a series erected in the 18th century by the Essex Turnpike Trust to indicate distances along the 'Great Essex Road', which connected London to Harwich. The design of the cast iron cover plate was introduced by James McAdam and adopted by the Trust in 1819 to minimize the costs associated with re-cutting the inscriptions on the stones.
Milestones are significant as they provide important insights into historical road use. This particular milestone is notable for being in its original location and retaining its cast iron cover plate, making it a good example of its kind along the 'Great Essex Road'.
Local climate
Milestone 27 Metres South South West of the Spread Eagle Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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