Boundary Stone at Northfield is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Boundary stone.

Boundary Stone at Northfield

WRENN ID
third-steeple-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Boundary stone
Address
Boundary Stone at Northfield, Sundayshill Lane, Rockhampton
OS grid reference
ST 656 937
Coordinates
51.64185, -2.49745
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary stone at Northfield is a historic marker that may date back to the Anglo-Saxon period or even earlier, although it has been re-set. This large upright stone, made of limestone or conglomerate, stands approximately 1.25 meters high and measures up to 500 millimeters wide and 300 millimeters thick, tapering to a peak. The surface of the stone is notably pitted. It features a bronze plate with an inscription stating: "THIS MARKER STONE BELIEVED TO BE OF ANGLO-SAXON AND PROBABLY PREHISTORIC ORIGIN STANDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE ANCIENT BOUNDARY OF THE BERKELEY HUNDRED AND THE LANGLEY AND SWYNESHEAD HUNDRED." The stone was recovered from beneath the highway and was reinstated in its current position by Avon County Council in 1984.

Local climate

Boundary Stone at Northfield receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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