Milestone in Rockley Plantation is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone in Rockley Plantation
- WRENN ID
- noble-rood-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone in Rockley Plantation, Marlborough to Broad Hinton Road, Ogbourne St. Andrew
- OS grid reference
- SU 164 727
- Coordinates
- 51.45384, -1.76445
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone in Rockley Plantation is located on the Marlborough to Wootton Bassett turnpike and dates from the early 19th century. It is made of painted stone and features a half-cylindrical shaft with a grooved top. The milestone has an incised and painted inscription on the left side that reads "TO / WOOTTON / BASSETT / 9 / MILES" and on the right side, it reads "TO / MARLBRO / 3 MILES." There is also a bench mark located below the inscriptions.
Local climate
Milestone in Rockley Plantation receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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