Milestone Circa 85m South-East of Tresawsan Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 2011. Milestone.
Milestone Circa 85m South-East of Tresawsan Cottage
- WRENN ID
- young-hearth-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 2011
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Circa 85m South-East of Tresawsan Cottage, Unclassified Road, St. Michael Penkevil
- OS grid reference
- SW 868 438
- Coordinates
- 50.25629, -4.99128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone located approximately 85 meters south-east of Tresawsan Cottage in St Michael Penkevil is a stone structure painted white, with black lettering. It stands 1.05 meters high and is 0.46 meters wide, featuring a rectangular shape that narrows to an arched top. The lettering, carved in sans-serif capitals, reads: 'FROM / TREGOTHNAN / 2 / MILES', and there is a benchmark carved beneath the inscription.
This milestone is one of four privately erected milestones that mark the approach to Tregothnan House, believed to date from the early part of the 19th century, possibly around 1818, when the house was remodeled for the fourth Viscount Falmouth by architect William Wilkins. These milestones are positioned along a public, unclassified road leading south from what is now the A390 at Trelowthas, rather than on the private drive to the house.
The milestone is designated for its historical significance as part of a group marking the route to a private residence, its intact condition as a complete early 19th-century example, and its group value with the Grade I listed Tregothnan House and the other listed milestones in the area.
Local climate
Milestone Circa 85m South-East of Tresawsan Cottage receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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