Milestone at Ngr 49151268 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Milestone.
Milestone at Ngr 49151268
- WRENN ID
- broken-newel-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Ngr 49151268, Broad Lane Corner (A30), East Chinnock
- OS grid reference
- ST 491 126
- Coordinates
- 50.91133, -2.72471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, possibly from the 18th century, is located at the corner of Broad Lane in East Chinnock. It is made of Ham stone and features a cast iron plaque that is bolted onto it. The stone measures approximately 450 millimeters wide and 200 millimeters thick, with a triangular head that rises to a height of 600 millimeters at the shoulder and 750 millimeters at the peak. The plaque is 280 millimeters wide and 210 millimeters high, with a shouldered semicircular top, and it displays the inscription 'V Yeovil' in crude capitals. This milestone marks a principal route that was maintained by the Yeovil Trust from 1753 to 1839.
Local climate
Milestone at Ngr 49151268 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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