Stone in London Road Outside Number 196 is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Milestone.

Stone in London Road Outside Number 196

WRENN ID
strange-wall-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SP 548 072
Coordinates
51.76141, -1.20601
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 15th-century turnpike milestone located in London Road outside number 196. It is the 52nd stone from London and is inscribed with 'L 11 Miles from London 11 Miles to Oxford'.

Local climate

Stone in London Road Outside Number 196 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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