Milestone 200m North East of Handy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1987. Milestone. 1 related planning application.
Milestone 200m North East of Handy Cross
- WRENN ID
- ancient-loggia-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest National Park
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone 200m North East of Handy Cross, A31, Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley, BH24 4HU
- OS grid reference
- SU 208 075
- Coordinates
- 50.86723, -1.70495
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located 200 meters north-east of Handy Cross, dating from the 18th century. It is made of painted stone and has a square section with a rounded top. The front of the milestone features the inscription '13 Miles to Romsey, 5 to Ringwood', while the rear has the inscription '87 Miles to Hyde Park Corner'.
Local climate
Milestone 200m North East of Handy Cross receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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