Milestone (Ngr Sx0989765564) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 2008. Milestone.
Milestone (Ngr Sx0989765564)
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-doorway-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 2008
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone (Ngr Sx0989765564), A38, Cardinham
- OS grid reference
- SX 098 655
- Coordinates
- 50.45903, -4.67962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone, dating from around 1834, is triangular in shape with two dressed faces and a flat, slightly sloping top. It stands approximately 60 centimeters high. The milestone features large, deeply incised lettering on two faces indicating the distance to Bodmin and Liskeard, although there is slight damage to the front corner. The inscription reads: on the left face, "L 10 1/2"; and on the right face, "B 2'". A later benchmark has been inscribed on the left face above the "L".
This milestone is part of a series erected by the Bodmin Turnpike Trust, which was established by an Act of Parliament in 1769. In 1834, the Trust began improving its route from Bodmin to Liskeard and installed several milestones along the new nine-mile route through the Glyn valley; this milestone is one of a series of eight.
The milestone is listed for its historical significance as one of the milestones erected by the Bodmin Turnpike Trust in 1834, its original location, and its intact condition. It serves as a good example of an early 19th-century milestone, reflecting the standardization of roads and the introduction of turnpikes to meet the transport needs of the increasingly industrial landscape of 19th-century Cornwall.
Local climate
Milestone (Ngr Sx0989765564) 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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