Milestone on South Verge Approximately 100 Metres East of Junction with Heath Road is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. Milestone.
Milestone on South Verge Approximately 100 Metres East of Junction with Heath Road
- WRENN ID
- worn-corridor-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- TM 074 213
- Coordinates
- 51.85209, 1.01004
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on the south verge approximately 100 metres east of the junction with Heath Road, dates from the 19th century. It has a square plan that tapers to a cut-off hipped top. The road-facing side is inscribed with "Parish of Alresford," while the left side indicates a distance of 6 miles to Colchester, and the right side shows 10 miles to Clacton on Sea. This milestone is part of a series in the area.
Local climate
Milestone on South Verge Approximately 100 Metres East of Junction with Heath Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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