Milestone Opposite Meadowside is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Meadowside
- WRENN ID
- stark-spandrel-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Meadowside, Wantage Road, Great Shefford
- OS grid reference
- SU 388 756
- Coordinates
- 51.47816, -1.44189
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century milestone located on the east side of Wantage Road in Great Shefford. It is made of flat stone with a cambered head. The inscription on the milestone reads "To Wantage 8 to Hungerford 5½".
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Meadowside receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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