Milestone at Ss 512 172 is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Milestone.

Milestone at Ss 512 172

WRENN ID
lunar-merlon-ivory
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 512 172, St. Giles in the Wood
OS grid reference
SS 511 172
Coordinates
50.93501, -4.12005
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. It is made of granite and has an upright slab that is triangular in shape, with its angled faces facing the road. Each of these sides features a rounded top. The left side is inscribed with "32 miles to Exon," while the right side reads "2 miles to Torrington," both using Roman serif upper and lower case lettering.

Local climate

Milestone at Ss 512 172 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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