Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1986. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
silver-pillar-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1986
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Sherston Road, Malmesbury
OS grid reference
ST 919 877
Coordinates
51.58828, -2.11747
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located on the north side of Sherston Road in Brokenborough, dating from 1755 to 1756, associated with the Malmesbury Turnpike. This limestone post stands 1 metre high and features a cambered top. On its south face, there is a late 19th-century cast iron mile plate that reads: BRISTOL/26/MILES/MALMESB.Y/1/MILE.

Local climate

Milestone receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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