Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626 is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 2003. Milestone.
Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626
- WRENN ID
- sunken-steeple-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2003
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SU 445 626
- Coordinates
- 51.36079, -1.36199
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone located on the A343 in Highclere, dating from the late 18th century. It is made of painted stone and features a broached square base, a cylindrical shaft, and a polygonal top. The milestone is inscribed with the distances to Sarum (31 miles), Newbury (3 miles), Andover (13 miles), and Oxford (29 miles). There is also a bench mark carved on the shaft. This milestone is part of a series along the Andover and Chilton Pond turnpike, which was opened in 1766, making it an unusual example of a late 18th-century milestone.
Local climate
Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626 receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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