Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1986. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- still-ashlar-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Malmesbury Road, Sherston
- OS grid reference
- ST 859 865
- Coordinates
- 51.5777, -2.20449
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from 1755-1756, is located on the Malmesbury Road in Pinkney. It was part of the Malmesbury Turnpike and features a limestone post that stands 1.5 metres high with a cambered top. Attached to the post is a late 19th-century cast iron plate that reads: "BRISTOL/22/MILES/MALMESB.Y/5/MILES."
Local climate
Milestone receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% 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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