Milestone Opposite No 85 (Post Office) is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. A C18 Milestone.
Milestone Opposite No 85 (Post Office)
- WRENN ID
- tilted-tallow-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite No 85 (Post Office), Chippenham Road, Lyneham and Bradenstoke
- OS grid reference
- SU 018 793
- Coordinates
- 51.51336, -1.97497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century sandstone milestone located on the west side of Chippenham Road in Lyneham, opposite No. 85 (Post Office). The milestone has an oval stem with a hexagonal face at the top. It is inscribed with the following details: "BATH 23 MILES" on the face, and on the stem, it reads "TO WOOTTON BASSETT 4 MILES TO SWINDON 10 MILES." Additionally, the right side of the stem indicates "TO CHIPPENHAM 10 MILES."
Local climate
Milestone Opposite No 85 (Post Office) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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