Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1986. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
winding-string-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1986
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Thornford Road, Yetminster
OS grid reference
ST 591 115
Coordinates
50.90191, -2.58295
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone located on Thornford Road in Yetminster. It is tapered with a rounded top and features an iron plate that is inscribed with "5 Sherborne Yetminster ½". The milestone was erected by the Shaftesbury and Sherborne Trust between 1752 and 1877.

Local climate

Milestone receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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