Milestone, 27 Metres East of Egford Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Milestone.

Milestone, 27 Metres East of Egford Hill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
plain-postern-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
ST 760 480
Coordinates
51.23121, -2.34427
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located 27 metres east of Egford Hill Farmhouse, dates from the late 18th century. It consists of a low, rough-hewn stone pier with a cast iron plate on the south side that reads "FROME 1, WELLS 14". This milestone is part of the Frome and Wells Turnpike.

Local climate

Milestone, 27 Metres East of Egford Hill Farmhouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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