Milestone 155m North of Cosworth Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 2010. A C19 Milestone.
Milestone 155m North of Cosworth Farm
- WRENN ID
- salt-loft-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 2010
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone 155m North of Cosworth Farm, A392, Colan
- OS grid reference
- SW 878 601
- Coordinates
- 50.40286, -4.98635
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone 155 meters north of Cosworth Farm is a Grade II listed milestone erected in the mid-19th century for the Newquay Highway Board. This granite monolith is set back from the road, rectangular in shape, and stands approximately 0.60 meters high. It features a pent head with chamfered shoulders and is painted white. The front (north) face is inscribed in sans serif capital letters with "NEWQUAY/ 5," and the lettering is highlighted in black. An OS benchmark is carved on the upper part of the front face.
The Newquay Highway Board was established under the Highways Act of 1835 and was responsible for installing a series of milestones, all designed similarly, on the main routes into the town. This milestone on the A392, located 155 meters north of Cosworth Farm, is part of this group and is believed to date from between 1835 and 1852.
This milestone is designated at Grade II due to its historic interest as a clear and well-preserved example of a mid-19th century milestone that remains in its original position, and it holds group value with other designated milestones along the main routes into Newquay.
Local climate
Milestone 155m North of Cosworth Farm receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% 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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