Milestone in Front of East Black Dog Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milestone in Front of East Black Dog Lodge

WRENN ID
veiled-corbel-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone in Front of East Black Dog Lodge, Mere Road, Zeals
OS grid reference
ST 794 323
Coordinates
51.08986, -2.29519
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located in front of East Black Dog Lodge, dating from the late 18th century. It is made of limestone and features a semi-circular headed top with a shaped cast-iron plate attached to the front. The plate has raised lettering indicating the distances to Wincanton (6 miles) and Hindon (8 miles). This road was turnpiked between 1754 and 1756.

Local climate

Milestone in Front of East Black Dog Lodge receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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