Milestone at Sw592288 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Milestone.

Milestone at Sw592288

WRENN ID
winter-tin-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Sw592288, Breage
OS grid reference
SW 592 288
Coordinates
50.11104, -5.36929
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone, likely dating from around 1864, made of painted dressed granite. It has a triangular shaft that sits on a rectangular base. The two rectangular sides of the shaft face the road at an angle and rise from large pyramid stops. Each side features incised lettering and Arabic numerals. The pyramidal head completes the structure. The left side of the milestone has the inscriptions: "PENZANCE 8, LANDS END 18," while the right side reads: "HELSTON 5, FALMOUTH 17."

Local climate

Milestone at Sw592288 receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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