Milestone at Ngr St 6944 2654 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 6944 2654
- WRENN ID
- waning-gable-indigo
- 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 6944 2654, Holton
- OS grid reference
- ST 694 265
- Coordinates
- 51.03749, -2.43728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located at the National Grid Reference ST 6944 2654, is likely from the 19th century. It is made of Doulting stone and features a cast iron plaque. The stone measures approximately 400 millimeters wide, 250 millimeters thick, and 800 millimeters tall, with a rounded top. The plaque is about 400 millimeters wide and 500 millimeters deep, boasting a shouldered semi-circular top and a double ogee base. It is inscribed with "Wincanton" on the curve and "Sherborne 8" in incised letters. This road was maintained by the Wincanton Trust, possibly starting in 1818.
Local climate
Milestone at Ngr St 6944 2654 receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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