Milestone About 1 Kilometre North East of Swayne's Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. A C18 Milestone.
Milestone About 1 Kilometre North East of Swayne's Firs
- WRENN ID
- gentle-chimney-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone About 1 Kilometre North East of Swayne's Firs, Blandford Road, Bishopstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 080 229
- Coordinates
- 51.00559, -1.88609
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located about 1 kilometre northeast of Swayne's Firs, dates from the 18th century. It is made of limestone and features a pitched top. The front of the pillar is inscribed with the distances: "TO / SARUM / 6 / BLANDFORD / 16". The road from Salisbury to Blandford was turnpiked in 1754.
Local climate
Milestone About 1 Kilometre North East of Swayne's Firs receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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