Milestone Approximately 0.5 Metres South of East End of North Parapet Wall of Calves Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 0.5 Metres South of East End of North Parapet Wall of Calves Bridge
- WRENN ID
- broken-rampart-laurel
- 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
- OS grid reference
- SS 749 087
- Coordinates
- 50.86438, -3.77863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a wayside milestone located approximately 0.5 metres south of the east end of the north parapet wall of Calves Bridge in Morchard Bishop. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of granite. The milestone is a round-headed upright stone slab, which is inscribed in demi-bold Roman serif letters stating "XVI Miles From Exon".
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 0.5 Metres South of East End of North Parapet Wall of Calves Bridge 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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