Milestone on Roadside at Ngr St 6548 4540 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Milestone.
Milestone on Roadside at Ngr St 6548 4540
- WRENN ID
- distant-garret-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on Roadside at Ngr St 6548 4540, Old Frome Road, Doulting
- OS grid reference
- ST 654 453
- Coordinates
- 51.20668, -2.49545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on the roadside at the National Grid Reference ST 6548 4540, dates from the 18th century. It is made of dressed stone and features a cast-iron plate. The stone pier has an incised inscription that reads "FROME 8. WELLS 7." This milestone is part of the former Frome Turnpike Trust, which was significant in the development of infrastructure during the Industrial Revolution in Somerset, as noted by Bryan Morland in 1982.
Local climate
Milestone on Roadside at Ngr St 6548 4540 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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