Milestone at SW 970611 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Milestone.

Milestone at SW 970611

WRENN ID
blind-sill-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at SW 970611, Roche
OS grid reference
SW 970 611
Coordinates
50.4147, -4.85767
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone from the early 19th century, made of roughly hewn granite. It stands about 70 centimetres high and has a triangular shape. The milestone is painted, featuring uppercase lettering without serifs, indicating distances of 8 miles to Bodmin on one face and 16 miles to Truro on the other. There is also a carved and painted benchmark at the top.

Local climate

Milestone at SW 970611 receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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