Milestone at NGR ST982857 is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1987. A C18 Milestone.

Milestone at NGR ST982857

WRENN ID
grey-ledge-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at NGR ST982857, Malmsbury Road, Brinkworth
OS grid reference
ST 987 852
Coordinates
51.5657, -2.01991
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone located on the south side of Malmesbury Road in Brinkworth, dating from 1755 to 1756, associated with the Malmesbury Turnpike. The milestone is made of limestone and has a triangular shape with a double-cambered top, standing 1 metre high. On its north face, there is a late 19th-century cast iron plate that reads: 'SWINDON/12/MILES/MALMESB.Y/4/MILES'.

Local climate

Milestone at NGR ST982857 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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