Milestone 200 Metres South East of Straches is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. Milestone.
Milestone 200 Metres South East of Straches
- WRENN ID
- tangled-alcove-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SX 220 649
- Coordinates
- 50.45757, -4.50772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located 200 meters south-east of Straches, dating from around 1761. It is made of granite and has been whitewashed, featuring a rectangular shape with a rounded top. The milestone is inscribed in upper case serif lettering that reads 'LISK 2 ½ LOSTW 9'. This milestone is associated with the turnpike acts for the roads leading to Liskeard and Lostwithiel, both established in 1761 under the reign of King George III.
Local climate
Milestone 200 Metres South East of Straches sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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