Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- dusk-ashlar-gold
- 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, Ware Road, Sacombe
- OS grid reference
- TL 329 181
- Coordinates
- 51.84631, -0.07142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from 1751, was erected for the Watton Turnpike Trust. Made of white freestone, it is a low square pillar approximately half a metre high with a pyramidal head. The front face displays the number '24', indicating the distance to London in miles. On the rear, there is an inscription that reads, 'Repaird by a Voluntary Subscription from the Inhabitants of Ware 1751'.
Local climate
Milestone 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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