Milestone Approximately 400 Metres North of Manor Farm Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 400 Metres North of Manor Farm Entrance
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-paling-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SU 100 769
- Coordinates
- 51.49125, -1.85631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 400 meters north of the Manor Farm entrance in Broad Hinton, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of sarsen stone and features a half-cylindrical shaft with a grooved top. The milestone has a clearly incised inscription on the left side that reads: "TO WOOTTON BASSETT 4 MILES," and on the right side: "TO MARLBRO 8 MILES." It is situated on the road from Rockley to Wootton Bassett, which was turnpiked in 1809.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 400 Metres North of Manor Farm Entrance receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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