Milestone at Ngr St 5256 2116 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 5256 2116

WRENN ID
sombre-groin-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Ngr St 5256 2116, Chilthorne Domer, South Somerset
OS grid reference
ST 525 211
Coordinates
50.98796, -2.67719
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century milestone located in Chilthorne Domer. It is made of Ham stone and features a cast iron plaque. The pillar measures approximately 450 mm wide, 250 mm thick, and 500 mm high, with a triangular top. The plaque is 360 mm wide and 420 mm deep, featuring a smouldered segmental top and a double ogee curve at the base. The inscription reads: '/ILCHESTER on curve)/1/YEOVIL/4". This road was maintained by the Ilchester Trust and was turpiked in 1753.

Local climate

Milestone at Ngr St 5256 2116 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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