Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- night-clay-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Purley Road, Liddington
- OS grid reference
- SU 198 820
- Coordinates
- 51.53675, -1.7147
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, likely dating from the early 19th century around 1813-1814, features a rounded and painted front with a battered top. The inscription is obscured, but the painted legend indicates distances to Swindon (3 miles) and Hungerford (13 miles).
Local climate
Milestone receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No sale records on file
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