Milestone Approximately 60 Metres East of the Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. A Early C18 Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 60 Metres East of the Avenue
- WRENN ID
- grey-finial-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SP 605 054
- Coordinates
- 51.74493, -1.1241
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located approximately 60 metres east of The Avenue, likely dating from the early 18th century. It is made of limestone and features a tapering circular shape with a rounded top. The side of the milestone is inscribed with "XLVIII / miles from / London / To Oxford / VI". The road where it stands was turnpiked by the Stokenchurch and Enslow Trust in 1719.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 60 Metres East of the Avenue 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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