Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1986. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- moated-footing-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, A354, Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
- OS grid reference
- ST 998 152
- Coordinates
- 50.93684, -2.0042
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, likely from the early 19th century, is made of stone and features a triangular top. It has lower case lettering inscribed on it that reads "Blandford 9, Sarum 13". The milestone was erected by the Harnham, Blandford and Dorchester Trust, as noted in the Dorset Milestones Survey of 1980.
Local climate
Milestone receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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