Milestone (50 Metres to North of Griggs Bridge) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Milestone.
Milestone (50 Metres to North of Griggs Bridge)
- WRENN ID
- cold-basalt-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- TL 392 248
- Coordinates
- 51.90487, 0.02215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located 50 meters north of Griggs Bridge in Braughing village, dates from around 1742 and was created for the Wadesmill Turnpike Trust. The original inscription has been covered by an iron lettered plate, possibly designed by McAdam around 1804. The milestone is made of Portland stone and features a square pillar approximately one meter high, facing east. It has a rounded top and a large front plate with a raised edge bead and a segmental curved top. The inscription on the plate reads 'LONDON/28/WARE/7/BARKWAY/7' in letters that decrease in size, with the first and last words raised in segmental arcs.
Local climate
Milestone (50 Metres to North of Griggs Bridge) 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 lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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