Milestone Ngr St 2755 1429 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Milestone.

Milestone Ngr St 2755 1429

WRENN ID
grey-rafter-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Ngr St 2755 1429, Buckland St. Mary
OS grid reference
ST 275 142
Coordinates
50.92349, -3.03216
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located in Buckland St Mary, dating from the 18th century. It is an unidentified stone with a cambered head. The stone is incised with the words 'Chard 5, Taunton 6', and features a benchmark above. The road from The Staple Fitzpaine to Chard was turnpiked by the Chard Trust in 1778, as noted in Bentley and Murless's work on Somerset Roads from 1985.

Local climate

Milestone Ngr St 2755 1429 receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 65% 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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