Milepost Approximately 50 Metres South of Acorn Cottage, at SW 665 429 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Milepost.
Milepost Approximately 50 Metres South of Acorn Cottage, at SW 665 429
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-ember-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milepost
- OS grid reference
- SW 665 429
- Coordinates
- 50.24018, -5.27486
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milepost located approximately 50 metres south of Acorn Cottage, likely dating from the later 19th century. It is made of dressed granite and features a triangular shape with a square base and a triangular top. The sides of the milepost are inscribed with the distances to Pool and Portreath, indicating 2 miles and 1 mile, respectively.
Local climate
Milepost Approximately 50 Metres South of Acorn Cottage, at SW 665 429 receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
- No related consent applications matched
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