Milestone at Ss 499 179 is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Milestone.
Milestone at Ss 499 179
- WRENN ID
- shifting-wall-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Ss 499 179, St. Giles in the Wood
- OS grid reference
- SS 499 179
- Coordinates
- 50.94168, -4.1366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, is made of granite. It features an upright slab that is triangular in shape, with canted sides facing the road. Each side has a rounded top and is inscribed with Roman serif lettering in both upper and lower case. The left side indicates a distance of 33 miles to Exeter, while the right side shows 1 mile to Torrington.
Local climate
Milestone at Ss 499 179 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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