Turnpike Stone is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 April 2004. Milestone.
Turnpike Stone
- WRENN ID
- muffled-sentry-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 April 2004
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Turnpike Stone, East Street, Newton Abbot
- OS grid reference
- SX 861 711
- Coordinates
- 50.52884, -3.60751
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Turnpike Stone is a milestone erected around 1765 for the Dartmouth to Torquay Turnpike Trust. This small stone milestone features an elliptical arch head and has an inscription on the front that reads: 'Start of the Dartmouth to Torquay Turnpike'. It is located against the curb of a raised pavement on the south side of East Street, approximately opposite No. 117 East Street.
Local climate
Turnpike Stone 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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