Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1985. Milestone.
Milestone
- WRENN ID
- other-chamber-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, A303, Chilmark
- OS grid reference
- ST 958 353
- Coordinates
- 51.11736, -2.06078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone. Late 18th century. This limestone pillar has a pitched top and features fine lettering on the front that reads "XCI / Miles from / LONDON / XIII / from / AMESBURY." There is a bench mark incised below the lettering. The section of road from Amesbury to Willoughby Hedge was turnpiked between 1760 and 1762.
Local climate
Milestone receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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