Milestone on A371 at Ngr St 6468 3185 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Milestone.
Milestone on A371 at Ngr St 6468 3185
- WRENN ID
- eastward-mullion-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on A371 at Ngr St 6468 3185, Pitcombe
- OS grid reference
- ST 646 318
- Coordinates
- 51.08487, -2.50564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone on the A371, likely from the 18th century. It is made of Doulting stone and features a cast iron plaque. The pillar measures approximately 400 mm wide, 201 mm thick, and stands about 800 mm tall, with squared faces and sides and a rounded top. The plaque is around 350 mm wide and 130 mm deep, featuring part roundels at the top and bottom, each with a diameter of 160 mm. The plaque displays plain raised letters indicating "11 SHERBORNE - ANSFORD 3/4," with the numbers located in the roundels. The road from Sherborne to Ansford was taken over by the Sherborne Turnpike Trust in 1753.
Local climate
Milestone on A371 at Ngr St 6468 3185 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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