Milestone Opposite Layby, West of Harrow Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1986. A C18 Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Layby, West of Harrow Farm
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-railing-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Layby, West of Harrow Farm, A4, Froxfield
- OS grid reference
- SU 271 678
- Coordinates
- 51.40914, -1.61111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located opposite the layby, west of Harrow Farm, dating from the late 18th century. It is made of painted sarsen stone and has a triangular section with a pitched top that transitions to a rectangular shape towards the ground. The inscriptions on the milestone are incised but are now obscured and overpainted with legends: on the left side, it indicates "To HUNGERFORD 4," in the center is "A4," and on the left side again, it states "To MARLBORO 5."
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Layby, West of Harrow Farm receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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