Milestone Opposite No 279 is a Grade II listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1988. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite No 279
- WRENN ID
- plain-baluster-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1988
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite No 279, London Road, Horndean
- OS grid reference
- SU 706 151
- Coordinates
- 50.93154, -0.99603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located opposite No 279 on London Road in Horndean. This 18th-century milestone features a tall square shape with a domed top and has carved distances on one face from the 18th century. The side facing the road displays a mid-19th century cast plaque that is bolted to it, inscribed with "58 miles from London, 6 from Petersfield, 11 to Portsmouth," which has altered the original distances carved in the 18th century.
Local climate
Milestone Opposite No 279 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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