Milestone at Ngr 644518 is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1990. Milestone.
Milestone at Ngr 644518
- WRENN ID
- tangled-loggia-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1990
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Ngr 644518, A379, Modbury
- OS grid reference
- SX 643 517
- Coordinates
- 50.35033, -3.90757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone is an early 19th-century painted granite block that is triangular in section. It is mainly concealed in the embankment. The inscription reads "To Modbury three-quarter mile to Plymouth 11 miles." The stone is located approximately 150 meters east of the approach lane to Edmeston Farmhouse and is situated on the Modbury to Plymouth turnpike, which was established after 1827.
Local climate
Milestone at Ngr 644518 receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% 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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