Milestone in the Garden of Ashridge Farmhouse, Approximately 3 Metres South of Entrance Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1987. Milestone.
Milestone in the Garden of Ashridge Farmhouse, Approximately 3 Metres South of Entrance Porch
- WRENN ID
- open-rampart-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone in the Garden of Ashridge Farmhouse, Approximately 3 Metres South of Entrance Porch, RG40 5QB
- OS grid reference
- SU 813 697
- Coordinates
- 51.42065, -0.83113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone located in the garden of Ashridge Farmhouse, approximately 3 metres south of the entrance porch, dates back to 1747. It is a square stone with a pyramidal top, featuring incised lettering and pointing hands. On the north face, there is a hand pointing west with the words "The Warren," and underneath, a hand pointing east with the words "Bill Hill." The east face indicates "XXX Miles to Hyde Park Corner 1747," while the west face reads "To Wokingham."
Local climate
Milestone in the Garden of Ashridge Farmhouse, Approximately 3 Metres South of Entrance Porch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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