Milestone about 15m East of No. 138 High Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Milestone.
Milestone about 15m East of No. 138 High Street
- WRENN ID
- other-cloister-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone about 15m East of No. 138 High Street, Watton-At-Stone
- OS grid reference
- TL 303 191
- Coordinates
- 51.85533, -0.10859
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone located about 15 meters east of No. 138 High Street in Watton-at-Stone. It dates from the mid-18th century and was erected by the Watton Turnpike Trust. The milestone is made of white freestone and stands approximately 1.5 meters high with a low square shape and a rounded top. The front face features a painted inscription that reads '26 MILES FROM LONDON'. No. 138 is not listed as a heritage site.
Local climate
Milestone about 15m East of No. 138 High Street 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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