Milestone on Verge in Front of Number 77 is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1986. Milestone.

Milestone on Verge in Front of Number 77

WRENN ID
steep-jade-hawk
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 Verge in Front of Number 77, Main Road, Hawkwell
OS grid reference
TQ 847 919
Coordinates
51.59584, 0.66629
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located on the verge in front of number 77 on Hawkwell Main Road. This milestone dates from the 18th century 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 (37 miles) and Southend (6 miles). It is part of a series of milestones from London to Southend, as shown on the Chapman and Andre map of 1777.

Local climate

Milestone on Verge in Front of Number 77 receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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