Milestone on the South East Side of the Street, Due East of the Forge is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1985. A 18th century Milestone.
Milestone on the South East Side of the Street, Due East of the Forge
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-thatch-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on the South East Side of the Street, Due East of the Forge, Great Barton
- OS grid reference
- TL 892 671
- Coordinates
- 52.26957, 0.7728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on the southeast side of The Street, due east of The Forge, dates back to the 18th century. It is made of stone and has weathered significantly over time. The structure is a rectangular, slightly tapering shaft that stands about 3 feet high, featuring a shallow conical top and the remnants of pyramid stops at the corners. There are also illegible remains of directions on three sides.
Local climate
Milestone on the South East Side of the Street, Due East of the Forge 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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