Milestone at Sx 278 735 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Milestone.

Milestone at Sx 278 735

WRENN ID
silver-trefoil-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Sx 278 735, Linkinhorne
OS grid reference
SX 278 735
Coordinates
50.53609, -4.43006
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, dating from the 19th century, is a granite monolith approximately one metre high. It features a triangular head with carved painted lettering in upper case, sans serif, indicating the distance to Liskeard, which is 7 miles away.

Local climate

Milestone at Sx 278 735 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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