Milestone 250 Metres to South West of Polroad Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Milestone.
Milestone 250 Metres to South West of Polroad Cottages
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SX 055 780
- Coordinates
- 50.56962, -4.7471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located 250 meters southwest of Polroad Cottages, is possibly from 1837. It is made of granite and has a rectangular shape with a rounded top. The milestone features an incised inscription with black painted lettering that reads '5' and includes a bench mark. It is situated on the Turnpike road that connects Camelford and Wadebridge. Historical records, including plans for a new road line from St Kew Highway to Knights Mill, date back to 1837 and can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.
Local climate
Milestone 250 Metres to South West of Polroad Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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