Milestone About 80 Metres West of Sandwell Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Milestone.
Milestone About 80 Metres West of Sandwell Cottage
- WRENN ID
- distant-stair-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1993
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SX 753 596
- Coordinates
- 50.42389, -3.75561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located about 80 metres west of Sandwell Cottage, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of white painted granite and has a square shape, set diagonally to the road. The back is roughly hewn, while the two sides facing the road are dressed and feature rounded tops. The front faces have black painted letters carved in lower case with serifs, indicating the distances: "To Plymth 19 miles. To Totnes 3 miles".
Local climate
Milestone About 80 Metres West of Sandwell Cottage 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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