Milestone on North Verge Near Crown of Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1986. Milestone.
Milestone on North Verge Near Crown of Hill
- WRENN ID
- scattered-window-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochford
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford MP: Mr Mark Francois (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on North Verge Near Crown of Hill, High Road, Hockley
- OS grid reference
- TQ 820 919
- Coordinates
- 51.5973, 0.62687
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century milestone located on the north verge near the crown of the hill on Hockley High Road. The milestone is made of stone and has a square plan that tapers to a domed head with chamfered angles. The road-facing side is inscribed with the distances to London (35 miles) and Southend (8 miles). It is part of a series of milestones that mark the route from London to Southend, which is documented on the Chapman and Andre map of 1777. This series includes milestones along the route through Romford, Brentwood, Shenfield, Hutton, Billericay, Wickford, Rayleigh, and ultimately to Southend.
Local climate
Milestone on North Verge Near Crown of Hill 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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