Milestone Approximately 220 Metres North East of Entrance to Pillhead House is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1993. Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 220 Metres North East of Entrance to Pillhead House
- WRENN ID
- second-bracket-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1993
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SS 474 271
- Coordinates
- 51.02311, -4.17649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located approximately 220 meters northeast of the entrance to Pillhead House, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of granite and has a short, round-headed shape. The stone features an incised inscription that reads "7 BARUM 1 1/4 BIDEFORD." Additionally, it carries a benchmark.
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 220 Metres North East of Entrance to Pillhead House receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% 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 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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