Milestone on South East Side of the Old A38, About 40 Metres North East of Saddlecombe (Formerly Holbrook) Farm Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Milestone.
Milestone on South East Side of the Old A38, About 40 Metres North East of Saddlecombe (Formerly Holbrook) Farm Gate
- WRENN ID
- quartered-passage-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SX 806 735
- Coordinates
- 50.54915, -3.68623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located on the south-east side of the old A38, approximately 40 metres north-east of Saddlecombe (formerly Holbrook) Farm Gate. This milestone dates from the early to mid 19th century and is made of a hard stone, likely not granite or limestone. It has an oblong shape with a rounded top that is slightly chamfered on the front edge. Both the top and sides feature horizontal tooling. The inscription carved on the front face, which was badly chipped in 1984, reads: "From Ashburton IV Miles."
Local climate
Milestone on South East Side of the Old A38, About 40 Metres North East of Saddlecombe (Formerly Holbrook) Farm Gate receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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