Milestone on Clapham Common South Side Marking 4 Miles from Whitehall is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 2021. Milestone.

Milestone on Clapham Common South Side Marking 4 Miles from Whitehall

WRENN ID
western-cornice-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Clapham and Brixton Hill MP: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 2021
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
TQ 292 751
Coordinates
51.46017, -0.14072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, likely placed in its current location in the early 19th century, dates back to 1745. It is made of limestone and is designed as a carved pillar with a square-section shaft and a pyramidal cap. The front face, facing south-east, has the inscription: WHITEHALL/ 4/ MILES. The north-east and south-west faces both feature the inscription: ROYAL/ EXCHANGE/ 4 ½/ MILES. The top halves of the three inscribed faces are slightly set back, suggesting they were re-carved in the 19th century and possibly again after the Second World War.

Local climate

Milestone on Clapham Common South Side Marking 4 Miles from Whitehall 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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