Milestone 300 Metres to South West of Whitecross is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. Milestone.

Milestone 300 Metres to South West of Whitecross

WRENN ID
other-stair-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1988
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
SW 961 718
Coordinates
50.51088, -4.87595
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located approximately 300 metres to the southwest of Whitecross, dating from around 1760. It is a granite monolith that is square in shape and features a pyramidal cap. The milestone is painted white with a black band at the base, and it is inscribed with the text "VI MILE to saint COLUMB" in both upper and lower case lettering.

Local climate

Milestone 300 Metres to South West of Whitecross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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