Milestone Opposite Littlecote House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. A 19th century Milestone.

Milestone Opposite Littlecote House

WRENN ID
salt-cobble-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1985
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Opposite Littlecote House, A419, Ramsbury
OS grid reference
SU 305 709
Coordinates
51.43644, -1.56247
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located opposite Littlecote House, dates from after 1814. It is made of painted sarsen stone and features a half cylindrical shaft that is grooved at the top. The original incised inscription is now illegible, but it has been painted over with legends indicating distances: to the left, "SWINDON 13 MILES" and to the right, "HUNGERFORD 3 MILES." It is likely that the stone has been relocated from the opposite side of the carriageway and set deeper into the ground, which has obscured its base.

Local climate

Milestone Opposite Littlecote House 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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