Milestone at Turning to Foxley Corner is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Milestone.

Milestone at Turning to Foxley Corner

WRENN ID
slow-newel-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1988
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Turning to Foxley Corner, Lydeway, Urchfont
OS grid reference
SU 052 578
Coordinates
51.32008, -1.92552
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located at the turning to Foxley Corner, dating from the 18th and early 19th centuries. It is made of limestone and features an iron plate. The stone is rectangular with a gabled top, and the iron plate is also gabled. The plate reads "SARUM, 19," with a triangular section below that indicates distances: "DEVIZES 4" on the left and "EVERLY 11" on the right.

Local climate

Milestone at Turning to Foxley Corner receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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