Milestone on grass verge opposite Corn Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 April 1993. House.

Milestone on grass verge opposite Corn Hill

WRENN ID
lost-lintel-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 April 1993
Type
House
Address
Milestone on grass verge opposite Corn Hill, New Radnor
OS grid reference
SO 147 607
Coordinates
52.23793, -3.25042
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a milestone from the late 18th century or early 19th century, associated with the Turnpike Trust. It is a simple, low, round-headed structure made of painted sandstone. The milestone is inscribed with the distances: 'Penybont 3 miles/Presteign 14+'. There is a trig point located beneath it.

Local climate

Milestone on grass verge opposite Corn Hill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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