Milestone at Sx 859 509 is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1994. Milestone.
Milestone at Sx 859 509
- WRENN ID
- twisted-plaster-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1994
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Sx 859 509, Totnes Road, Dartmouth
- OS grid reference
- SX 859 509
- Coordinates
- 50.34707, -3.60377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located on Totnes Road in Dartmouth, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is an upright block of granite, approximately 750mm high, and has a triangular shape with a flat top. The front features canted sides that are inscribed with both upper and lower case lettering along with Arabic numerals. The eastern side, facing towards Dartmouth, indicates distances to Kingsbridge (12 miles), Modbury (14 miles), and Totnes (11 miles). The western side, facing away from Dartmouth, shows the distance to Dartmouth as 2 miles.
Local climate
Milestone at Sx 859 509 receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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