Milestone at Ngr 769 603 North North East of Blakemore is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Milestone.
Milestone at Ngr 769 603 North North East of Blakemore
- WRENN ID
- carved-barrel-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1993
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Ngr 769 603 North North East of Blakemore, Harberton
- OS grid reference
- SX 769 602
- Coordinates
- 50.42923, -3.73449
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the early 19th century, is located to the north-north-east of Blakemore. It is made of white painted granite and has a square shape, set diagonally to the road. The back of the milestone is roughly hewn, while the two sides facing the road are dressed with rounded tops. Each of the two faces features black painted lettering carved in lower case with serifs, indicating distances: "To Plymth 20 miles. To Totnes 2 miles."
Local climate
Milestone at Ngr 769 603 North North East of Blakemore receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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