Milestone at Ngr St 5170 1635 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Milestone.

Milestone at Ngr St 5170 1635

WRENN ID
tangled-cobalt-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Ngr St 5170 1635, New Road, Brympton
OS grid reference
ST 517 163
Coordinates
50.94466, -2.68882
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, dating from the 19th century, is located on the south side of New Road in Brympton d'Evercy, near Houndstone. It is made of Ham stone and features cast iron plaques. The triangular stone measures approximately 450 mm on each side and stands about one metre tall with a slightly rounded top. The east face has a plaque measuring about 430 mm by 100 mm deep, which reads "ILMINSTER 11," while the west plaque, about 360 mm wide, reads "YEOVIL 2 1/2." The milestone is situated on a modified, non-turnpiked road and may have been relocated.

Local climate

Milestone at Ngr St 5170 1635 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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