Milestone at Ngr St 7270 2917 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Milestone.
Milestone at Ngr St 7270 2917
- WRENN ID
- final-dormer-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Ngr St 7270 2917, Stoke Trister
- OS grid reference
- ST 727 291
- Coordinates
- 51.06125, -2.39087
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone located at the National Grid Reference ST 7270 2917, likely dating from the early 19th century. It is made of stone, possibly from Chilmark, and features a cast iron plaque. The pillar measures approximately 500mm by 400mm at the base and tapers slightly, standing about 1 metre tall. The plaque is about 450mm wide and 600mm high, with a shouldered segmental top and a double ogee-shaped base. It displays the inscriptions 'Wincanton 1 Hindon 13' in recessed lower case lettering. This milestone marks the road from Mere to Milbourne Port, which was taken over by the Wincanton Trust in 1756.
Local climate
Milestone at Ngr St 7270 2917 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- No related consent applications matched
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