Milestone at National Grid Reference Sp4754 0590 is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Milestone.
Milestone at National Grid Reference Sp4754 0590
- WRENN ID
- iron-column-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at National Grid Reference Sp4754 0590, Eynsham Road, Cumnor
- OS grid reference
- SP 475 059
- Coordinates
- 51.7498, -1.31263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on the north side of Eynsham Road in Cumnor, dates from the early 19th century and is made of limestone. It has a plain design with a plinth and a segmental top. The inscription reads "Witney/9/0xford/8". The road was turnpiked in 1812, as noted in the Turnpike Roads of Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire Information Sheet No. 5 from 1977.
Local climate
Milestone at National Grid Reference Sp4754 0590 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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