Milestone at Hillcrest, About 230 Metres North of Fib Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1989. A C18 Milepost.
Milestone at Hillcrest, About 230 Metres North of Fib Cross
- WRENN ID
- vast-paling-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1989
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SX 753 485
- Coordinates
- 50.32354, -3.75186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone at Hillcrest, located about 230 metres north of Fib Cross, dates from the 18th century. It is made of granite and has a painted finish. The stone has a triangular section and is set into the embankment, although some inscriptions are partly worn away. On the south face, it indicates distances to Dartmouth (11 miles) and Totnes (9 miles). The north face is supposed to read Kingsbridge (3 miles), but this is not currently visible.
Local climate
Milestone at Hillcrest, About 230 Metres North of Fib Cross 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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