Milepost at Ngr St 2416 1783 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Milepost.
Milepost at Ngr St 2416 1783
- WRENN ID
- eastward-soffit-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost at Ngr St 2416 1783, Whitford Hill, Corfe
- OS grid reference
- ST 241 178
- Coordinates
- 50.95491, -3.0811
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located on Whitford Hill in Corfe, dating from 1860. It is made of cast iron and has a triangular shape with a hollow section and a sloping top. The north face is inscribed in raised letters with "Honiton 13 3/8" and the south face reads "Taunton 5". The plinth features the name of the iron founder, Allen and Co, from Taunton. This milepost is part of a notable collection of cast iron mileposts along the Taunton to Honiton road.
Local climate
Milepost at Ngr St 2416 1783 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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