Milestone Outside No.34 Henver Road

NEWQUAY

1555/0/10035 HENVER ROAD 25-OCT-10 (South side) Milestone outside No.34 Henver Road

GV II DESCRIPTION: Milestone erected in the mid-C19 for the Newquay Highway Board. Granite monolith. It is rectangular on plan and approximately 0.60m high. It has a pent head with chamfered shoulders and is painted white. Its front (north) face is inscribed in capital letters: NEWQUAY/ 1. The lettering is picked out in black. There is an OS benchmark to the upper part of the front face.

HISTORY: The Newquay Highway Board was established under the Highways Act of 1835 and was responsible for erecting a series of milestones, all to the same design, on the three principal routes into the town. The milestone on Henver Road forms part of this group and is considered to date from sometime between 1835 and 1852.

REASONS FOR DECISION: This milestone outside No.34 Henver Road, erected by the Newquay Highway Board in the mid-C19, is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: A legible and intact example of a mid-C19 milestone which remains in its original position * Group value: It forms a good group with other designated milestones erected on the principal routes into the town