Milestone Opposite Number 9 (Mushroom Cottage) is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Milestone.

Milestone Opposite Number 9 (Mushroom Cottage)

WRENN ID
gaunt-storey-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 1987
Type
Milestone
Source
Historic England listing

Description

GRAVELEY HIGH STREET TL 2327 (East side)

13/15 Milestone opposite - No. 9 (Mushroom Cottage)

  • II

Milestone. C18. For the Stevenage-Biggleswade Turnpike Trust (founded 1720). White freestone probably Portland Stone. On roadside verge to S of layby, a milestone about 15 inches square and standing about 27 inches out of the ground. The top cut as a blunt pyramid. On N face an inscription in deeply cut C18 lettering, '33/MILES/from/LONDON'. Similar inscription much weathered on S face suggests stone reversed when inscription required recutting. (Branch Johnson (1970)187).

Listing NGR: TL2314927712

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