Milestone West of Mans Head is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milestone West of Mans Head

WRENN ID
unlit-mortar-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone West of Mans Head, Marlborough to Broad Hinton Road, Preshute
OS grid reference
SU 136 742
Coordinates
51.46672, -1.80513
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located west of Mans Head, dating from the early 19th century. It is made of sarsen stone and features a painted front. The milestone has a half-cylindrical shape with a grooved top. There is an incised and painted inscription on the left side that reads "TO WOOTTON BASSETT 7 Miles" and on the right side "TO MARLBRO 5 Miles." A bench mark is present on the base. The road it marks was turnpiked in 1809.

Local climate

Milestone West of Mans Head 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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