Milestone South of Red Down is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone South of Red Down
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-sandstone-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone South of Red Down, Swindon Road, Highworth
- OS grid reference
- SU 192 906
- Coordinates
- 51.61398, -1.72408
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located south of Red Down, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It features a rounded face with a segmental top that is dented. The inscription on the milestone is obscured, and it is partially submerged below the new road verge.
Local climate
Milestone South of Red Down 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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