Milestone at Tr 045 412 is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Milestone.

Milestone at Tr 045 412

WRENN ID
forbidden-lead-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1989
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Tr 045 412, Hythe Road, Mersham
OS grid reference
TR 045 412
Coordinates
51.1336, 0.92168
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located on the north side of Hythe Road in Mersham, dating from the late 18th century. It is a stone block approximately 2½ feet high, featuring an iron plate that is inscribed with the distances to Ashford (2½ miles) and Hythe (9 miles). The Faversham, Hythe and Canterbury Turnpike Act, which facilitated the construction of turnpike roads, was passed in 1762.

Local climate

Milestone at Tr 045 412 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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