Milepost at Ngr St 2411 2205 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. Milepost.
Milepost at Ngr St 2411 2205
- WRENN ID
- swift-shingle-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost at Ngr St 2411 2205, Orchard Portman
- OS grid reference
- ST 241 220
- Coordinates
- 50.99297, -3.08255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, dating from 1860, was made by Allen and Co. It is constructed from cast iron and has a V-shape in plan with an angled top. The north side features raised lettering inscribed with "Honiton 16 3/8", while the south side reads "Taunton 2". The milepost stands approximately 350 mm above the ground and is set into a bank. It is part of a notable group of cast iron mileposts located along the Taunton-Honiton road. The name of the iron founders, Allen and Co, Taunton, is inscribed on the plinth that is buried in the bank.
Local climate
Milepost at Ngr St 2411 2205 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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