Milestone Set in Wall to Front of No 29 is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Milestone.

Milestone Set in Wall to Front of No 29

WRENN ID
plain-spire-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Set in Wall to Front of No 29, High Street, Dilton Marsh
OS grid reference
ST 853 499
Coordinates
51.24879, -2.21197
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, likely from the early 19th century, is set into the wall in front of No 29 on the north side of High Street in Dilton Marsh. It features a segmental-headed limestone pillar with a shaped cast-iron plate on the front. The raised lettering on the plate indicates the distances to Westbury (2 miles) and Bath (14 miles). The road through Dilton Marsh connecting Westbury to the Bath Road (A36) was turnpiked after 1800.

Local climate

Milestone Set in Wall to Front of No 29 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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