Milestone Adjacent to Entry to Lower Centry is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1989. A C18 Milestone.

Milestone Adjacent to Entry to Lower Centry

WRENN ID
ragged-ember-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 July 1989
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SX 742 457
Coordinates
50.29858, -3.76676
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone adjacent to the entry to Lower Centry, dating from the 18th century or early 19th century. It is made of stone and has a flat triangular section, with part of it submerged in the embankment. The milestone is inscribed with directions: "To Kingsbridge 1", "To Dartmouth 13", and "Totnes 11". The stone has been painted, with the inscription highlighted in black on white, but the lettering is also incised in a mix of lower case and capital letters.

Local climate

Milestone Adjacent to Entry to Lower Centry receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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