Milestone, Sw Of 18 London Road, Kilmarnock is a Grade C listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 August 2002. Milestone.

Milestone, Sw Of 18 London Road, Kilmarnock

WRENN ID
silent-hammer-sparrow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 August 2002
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
NS 433 378
Coordinates
55.60889, -4.48906
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This milestone, located southwest of 18 London Road in Kilmarnock, dates from the earlier 19th century. It has a plain rectangular shape and is made of tooled ashlar stone. The milestone features carved Baskerville letters and numerals.

On the west elevation, which is the principal side, the milestone is positioned next to a boundary wall, with the lowest row of writing partially hidden by a low wall. The inscription reads "Kilmarnock" with a directional arrow pointing to the right, indicating a distance of 2 furlongs and 63 yards. To the left, it indicates "Grassyards" with a directional arrow and a distance of 4 miles and 154 yards.

Local climate

Milestone, Sw Of 18 London Road, Kilmarnock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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 0.2°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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