Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- noble-cobble-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, A433, Hawkesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 805 869
- Coordinates
- 51.58069, -2.28206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on the north side of the A433 in Didmarton, is likely from the mid to late 18th century. It marks the turnpiked road from Bath to Cirencester, established in 1743. The milestone is a single rounded stone slab approximately 0.5 meters high, featuring an attached iron plate that is painted white with embossed black lettering. The inscription indicates the distances to various locations: "XVII / To CIRENCESTER / VII / To TETBURY / XVI / To BATH".
Local climate
Milestone receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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