Mile Post at Ngr St 7914 5398 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Mile post.

Mile Post at Ngr St 7914 5398

WRENN ID
small-keystone-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Mile post
Address
Mile Post at Ngr St 7914 5398, Tellisford
OS grid reference
ST 791 539
Coordinates
51.28457, -2.3004
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a mile post dating from the mid 18th century. It is made of cast iron and features a rectangular pillar that stands approximately 1 metre high. The top of the pillar is moulded and half hipped, and it has a moulded plinth. The raised letters on the post indicate the distances to Bath (9 miles), Warminster (8 miles), and Frome (4 miles).

Local climate

Mile Post at Ngr St 7914 5398 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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