Milestone at NGR SU 080831, opposite Noremarsh Road is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. Milestone.
Milestone at NGR SU 080831, opposite Noremarsh Road
- WRENN ID
- deep-rafter-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at NGR SU 080831, opposite Noremarsh Road, A420 Swindon to Chippenham Road, Lydiard Tregoze
- OS grid reference
- SU 080 831
- Coordinates
- 51.54728, -1.88592
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located opposite Noremarsh Road, dates from after 1821 and is made of limestone. It features incised inscriptions that have been repainted but are out of register. The hexagonal head indicates a distance of 28 miles to Bath. On the left side of the oval stem, it shows a distance of 5 miles to Swindon. The right side lists distances of 1 mile to Wootton Bassett and 15 miles to Chippenham. Additionally, it notes a distance of 35 miles to Oxford on the foot of the milestone.
Local climate
Milestone at NGR SU 080831, opposite Noremarsh Road receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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