Milestone at Ss 726 081 is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Milestone.
Milestone at Ss 726 081
- WRENN ID
- quiet-casement-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Ss 726 081, Lapford
- OS grid reference
- SS 726 081
- Coordinates
- 50.85885, -3.81131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century, is made of granite and stands approximately 1.3 metres high. It has an upright block shape with a flat top and a triangular plan. The front faces are angled forward and feature inscriptions in Roman serif capitals, stating "TO EXON XVII MILES" on the left and "TO BARUM XXIII MILES" on the right.
Local climate
Milestone at Ss 726 081 receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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