Milestone 24 on the west side of the A22, around 100m south of the junction with Byers Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Tandridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 2021. A C19 Milestone.
Milestone 24 on the west side of the A22, around 100m south of the junction with Byers Lane
- WRENN ID
- half-cupola-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tandridge
- Constituency
- East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 2021
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 359 464
- Coordinates
- 51.2012, -0.05501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone from around 1840, located on the west side of the A22, approximately 100 meters south of the junction with Byers Lane. It marks a distance of 24 miles from London on the former Eastbourne Road.
The milestone is made of stone and has a rectangular shape, standing about 1 meter tall and measuring 0.25 meters in width and depth. It is roughly hewn from a single piece of stone, featuring straight sides and a shallow, chamfered top. The visible face is inscribed near the top with the words: 24 / MILES / FROM / CORNHILL. Additionally, the top of the rear face has an ordnance survey mark.
Local climate
Milestone 24 on the west side of the A22, around 100m south of the junction with Byers Lane receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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