Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1972. Milestone. 4 related planning applications.

Milestone

WRENN ID
scarred-storey-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1972
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, St Margaret's Street, IP4 2AU
OS grid reference
TM 166 447
Coordinates
52.05835, 1.15934
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

An early 19th century cast iron milestone is located on the north side of St Margaret's Street, outside the Mulberry Tree public house. This milestone is the first in a series that mark the distance between Ipswich and Yarmouth. It is inscribed with the following distances: St Margt P: Yarmouth 54 miles, Woodbridge 7 miles, and Colchester 18 miles.

Local climate

Milestone sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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