Milestone C.325M South West Of Trevorva Cot Farm

PROBUS

1146/0/10022 UNCLASSIFIED ROAD 25-JAN-11 Milestone c.325m South West of Trevorv a Cot Farm

II A milestone, dating from the 1820s or 1830s, which stands on the verge to the east of the lane leading from the A390 to Lower Tresawle, which was formerly the turnpike road. The milestone is triangular in section with a flat top and is painted white with black lettering. The lettering in Serif capitals reads 'TRURO / 5' on the north-western face and 'TREGONY / 2 ½' on the south-western side. There is a benchmark to the lower part of the Tregony face.

HISTORY: The Creed, Tregony and St Just Turnpike Trust was established in 1761 by Act of Parliament 'for repairing and widening the road from the Lostwithiel turnpike road in thee parish of Creed ... through Tregony to Ruanlanihorne, and from Dennis Water to 300 yards on the south side of Trethem Mill in the parish of St Just'. Relatively few milestones from the trust survive. Only two can still be found on this section of road.

Milestones to the south of Tregony are tombstone shaped and appear to date from shortly after the Turnpike Act of 1761. The triangular pattern, as here, dates from the 1820s and 1830s.

The position of the milepost appears to have remained constant, but it was formerly placed at a T-junction between the turnpike road and another road leading to the north-west. The building of the A390 has cut across this former arrangement of roads and left the milepost positioned in a spur to a country road which does not lead anywhere.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION

The Milestone south west of Trevorva Cot Farm, Probus is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * Intactness: it is a good example of an early C19 milestone and remains unaltered, save for the addition of a benchmark, and in its original location * Historic interest: it illustrates the development of the transport network in Cornwall and further afield. * Group value: it has strong group value with the other surviving milestones along the road between Truro and Tregony.