Milepost on Roadside at Ngr St 6516 3865 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Milepost.
Milepost on Roadside at Ngr St 6516 3865
- WRENN ID
- over-gallery-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost on Roadside at Ngr St 6516 3865, Bruton Road, Evercreech
- OS grid reference
- ST 651 386
- Coordinates
- 51.14608, -2.49935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located on the roadside at Bruton Road in Evercreech, dating from the early 19th century. It is made of cast iron and has a V-shaped design with a canted top. The milepost features raised lettering indicating the distances to Wincanton (8 miles), Shepton Mallet (4 miles), and Bruton (3 miles). It is part of the former Shepton Mallet Turnpike Trust, as noted by Bryan Morland in his introduction to the Infrastructure of the Industrial Revolution in Somerset, published in 1982.
Local climate
Milepost on Roadside at Ngr St 6516 3865 receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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