Milestone About 30 Metres East of Entrance to Track to Chitterne Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Milestone.
Milestone About 30 Metres East of Entrance to Track to Chitterne Barn
- WRENN ID
- fossil-chalk-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SU 021 434
- Coordinates
- 51.18986, -1.97114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located about 30 meters east of the entrance to the track leading to Chitterne Barn, dates from the mid-18th century. It is made of limestone and features a pitched top with inscribed lettering on the front that reads: "LXXXVII / Miles From / London / IX / From / Amesbury." The London road between Willoughby Hedge and Amesbury was turnpiked under an Act passed between 1760 and 1762.
Local climate
Milestone About 30 Metres East of Entrance to Track to Chitterne Barn 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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