Milestone 42 is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1984. Milestone.
Milestone 42
- WRENN ID
- strange-obsidian-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North East Hampshire MP: Alex Brewer (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone 42, London Road, Newnham
- OS grid reference
- SU 692 531
- Coordinates
- 51.27303, -1.00894
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone 42 is a Grade II listed milestone dating from 1824. It is a square white stone pillar set diagonally, featuring a sloping triangular cut on the front that transitions into an upper rounded front, which is finished at the top as a half-dome. The pillar has incised lettering and numbers: the half-dome displays "Parish of Basing," the rounded front shows "LONDON," the triangle is marked with "42," the north-east facet indicates "Basingstoke 3 1/2," the north-west facet reads "Hartford Bridge 6¼," and the south-west facet notes "42 miles Hyde Park Corner."
Local climate
Milestone 42 receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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