Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1986. A C19 Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
frozen-floor-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1986
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Faringdon Road, Shellingford
OS grid reference
SU 317 944
Coordinates
51.64755, -1.54249
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, dating from the early 19th century, is made of limestone and is painted white with black lettering. It indicates the distances to Faringdon (2 miles) and Mantige (7 miles).

Local climate

Milestone receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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