Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1978. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- first-stone-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1978
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Elm Hill, Warminster
- OS grid reference
- ST 882 461
- Coordinates
- 51.21447, -2.16968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dated 1840, was made by Carson and Miller of Warminster, as indicated by the makers' plate showing "C & M over W; 1840." It is constructed of cast iron and features a moulded pyramidal cap and raised lettering. The milestone is positioned against the farmyard wall of Parsonage Farm and displays the distances to Warminster Town Hall, which is 1 mile away, and Bratton, which is 5 miles away.
Local climate
Milestone receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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