Milestone at Sx 492 754 is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. Milestone.
Milestone at Sx 492 754
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-entrance-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Sx 492 754, Parkwood Road, Tavistock
- OS grid reference
- SX 492 754
- Coordinates
- 50.5596, -4.12912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located at SX 492 754, dates from the late 18th century and is made of granite. It is a monolith with a shaped head, featuring lettering on the front that reads: "FROM TAVISTOCK 1 MILE, OAKHAMPTON 14, TRURO 51." It was erected under the Turnpike Act of 1760 for the roads leading into Okehampton. The milestone has been listed twice before, with the previous entry removed on 1 September 2016, and it was subject to a minor amendment on the same date.
Local climate
Milestone at Sx 492 754 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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