Milestone on Pavement Slightly to South of Axis of Numbers 494 is a Grade II listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. Milestone.
Milestone on Pavement Slightly to South of Axis of Numbers 494
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup MP: Mr Louie French (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1973
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on Pavement Slightly to South of Axis of Numbers 494, Footscray Road Se9
- OS grid reference
- TQ 444 725
- Coordinates
- 51.43377, 0.07642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century square milestone located on the pavement slightly south of the axis of number 494 on Footscray Road, SE9. The milestone features a chamfered top and has weathered Roman lettering on the west side that reads "MILES X LONDON." There are early 19th-century iron plates inserted on two sides. The east face indicates "10 MILES TO LONDON," while the south face states "2 MILES TO FOOTSCRAY."
Local climate
Milestone on Pavement Slightly to South of Axis of Numbers 494 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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