Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1986. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
sheer-loft-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1986
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Sherston Road, Brokenborough
OS grid reference
ST 904 877
Coordinates
51.58865, -2.13987
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located on Sherston Road in Brokenborough, dating from 1755-1756, associated with the Malmesbury Turnpike, and featuring a late 19th-century mile plate. The milestone is made of limestone and stands 1.5 metres high with a cambered top. On its south face, there is a cast iron mile plate that reads: BRISTOL/25/MILES/MALMESB.Y/2/MILES.

Local climate

Milestone receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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