Milestone Opposite Nos 179 and 179a is a Grade II listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milestone Opposite Nos 179 and 179a

WRENN ID
gentle-lintel-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartford
Constituency
Dartford MP: Jim Dickson (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Opposite Nos 179 and 179a, Dartford Road
OS grid reference
TQ 526 743
Coordinates
51.44795, 0.19518
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This 18th-century milestone, located on the south side of Dartford Road opposite Nos 179 and 179A, stands approximately 3 feet high and is made of stone. It features the inscription "Miles XIX," while the remainder of the inscription is indecipherable.

Local climate

Milestone Opposite Nos 179 and 179a sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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