Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- tattered-crypt-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Shaftesbury Road, Barford St. Martin
- OS grid reference
- SU 057 310
- Coordinates
- 51.07832, -1.91909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone dating from the late 18th century. It is made of limestone and has a triangular shape with two visible faces at the front. The left face has inscribed letters that read "To / Sarum / VI," and the right face reads "To / Shaston / XIV." This milestone marks the turnpiked road from Salisbury to Shaftesbury, which was established between 1787 and 1788.
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 greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
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