Milestone at Ngr Sx1785463357 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Milestone.
Milestone at Ngr Sx1785463357
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-pinnacle-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Ngr Sx1785463357, A 390, East Taphouse, St. Pinnock
- OS grid reference
- SX 178 633
- Coordinates
- 50.44171, -4.56661
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, dating from around 1760, is located at NGR SX1785463357 in St Pinnock, near East Taphouse on the A390. Made of cast iron and whitewashed, it stands approximately 0.75 metres tall and features a rounded top with canted sides. The milestone displays black upper case serif lettering in relief, arranged in a semi-circular format, indicating distances to Liskeard (5½ miles) and Lostwithiel (6 miles). It was erected in conjunction with the turnpike road that opened in 1760, connecting West Taphouse to Liskeard and Cremyll Ferry, which served Plymouth.
Local climate
Milestone at Ngr Sx1785463357 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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