Milestone at Winterbourne Gunner Turning is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Milestone.

Milestone at Winterbourne Gunner Turning

WRENN ID
errant-hall-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Winterbourne Gunner Turning, A345
OS grid reference
SU 156 376
Coordinates
51.13832, -1.77781
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, dating from the 18th century, is made of fossiliferous limestone and features a rectangular pillar with a slightly gabled top. It has incised lettering that reads: "To / Salisbury / V / Miles / To / Marlbro / XXII." There is also a benchmark on the reverse face. The milestone is located on the west side of the Old Marlborough Road, which is now a field track.

Local climate

Milestone at Winterbourne Gunner Turning receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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