Milepost on the junction of Henley Road and Oxford Road, A4074, between Shillingford and Dorchester is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. Milepost. 1 related planning application.
Milepost on the junction of Henley Road and Oxford Road, A4074, between Shillingford and Dorchester
- WRENN ID
- white-latch-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost on the junction of Henley Road and Oxford Road, A4074, between Shillingford and Dorchester, Dorchester-On-Thames, Wallingford, OX10 7JX
- OS grid reference
- SU 588 933
- Coordinates
- 51.63619, -1.1506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milepost, dating from the early 19th century, is made of cast iron and is situated at the junction of Henley Road and Oxford Road (A4074), between Shillingford and Dorchester. It marks a distance of 48 miles from London and is part of the former London–Henley–Oxford turnpike.
The milepost has a V-shaped design with a sloping triangular top and a vertical headplate, standing on a concrete support. A small section on the lower left-hand side, facing south, has been repaired with cement. The southern face features inscriptions indicating ‘Oxford 10’ and ‘Abingdon 8’, while the northern face shows ‘Henley 13’ and ‘Wallingford 2’, with ‘Shillingford’ below. The vertical front face displays ‘London 48’ along with ‘T & J Perry Reading’ on the triangular sloped top.
Local climate
Milepost on the junction of Henley Road and Oxford Road, A4074, between Shillingford and Dorchester sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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