Milestone at Ngr St 5496 2852 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Milestone.

Milestone at Ngr St 5496 2852

WRENN ID
crooked-parapet-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Ngr St 5496 2852, Fosse Way, the Charltons
OS grid reference
ST 549 285
Coordinates
51.05419, -2.64412
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, located at the National Grid Reference ST 5496 2852, is likely from the early 19th century. It is made of ham stone and cast iron. The stone slab measures approximately 500 millimeters wide and 150 millimeters thick, standing about 750 millimeters above the ground. Attached to the stone is a cast iron plaque that is about 350 millimeters wide and 100 millimeters deep, featuring added semi-circles above and below. The plaque displays the inscriptions "11/Shepton Mallet/Ilchester 4" in raised Roman capitals. This road has been maintained by the Ilchester Trust since 1753.

Local climate

Milestone at Ngr St 5496 2852 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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