Milepost at Ngr St 6241 4510 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Milepost.

Milepost at Ngr St 6241 4510

WRENN ID
twelfth-obsidian-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost at Ngr St 6241 4510, Bath Road, Shepton Mallet
OS grid reference
ST 624 451
Coordinates
51.20389, -2.53924
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century milepost located on the east side of Bath Road in Upper Downside, Shepton Mallet. The milepost is made of cast iron and features a canted top with a V-shaped section. On the right side, it reads "Bristol 19," while the left side states "Shepton Mallet 1," and the top indicates "Bath 16." This milepost is part of the Shepton Mallet Turnpike Trust.

Local climate

Milepost at Ngr St 6241 4510 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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