Milstone at Upper Herdswick Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milstone at Upper Herdswick Farm

WRENN ID
strange-pilaster-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
Address
Milstone at Upper Herdswick Farm, Ogbourne St. George
OS grid reference
SU 158 759
Coordinates
51.48225, -1.77377
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The milestone at Upper Herdswick Farm is a mid-18th century stone marker located on the former Swindon to Marlborough turnpike. It has a triangular section with a grooved top and a square base. The incised legend on the milestone is almost illegible. The route through Four-Mile Clump was turnpiked in 1762.

Local climate

Milstone at Upper Herdswick Farm 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 lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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