Take-Off Stone 200 Metres to North of Cadson is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. Historic landmark.
Take-Off Stone 200 Metres to North of Cadson
- WRENN ID
- former-terrace-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- Historic landmark
- OS grid reference
- SX 340 679
- Coordinates
- 50.48789, -4.34104
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The take-off stone located 200 meters north of Cadson is a turnpike take-off stone dating from around 1764. It is made of granite and has a rectangular shape with a flat top. The stone is incised with the upper case lettering "TAKE OFF." This stone served as a marker for coaches traveling towards Liskeard from Callington, indicating that they could take a trace horse from the tollhouse at Newbridge to assist them on their journey to St Ive. Coaches heading in the opposite direction were instructed to take an extra horse at Coombegate. Positioned at the brow of the hill directly north of Cadson, the take-off stone instructed the coachman to unhitch the trace horse and send it back. It is situated along a turnpike road established by an act for turnpike roads leading into Callington, dated 1764, which set up the Callington Turnpike Trust. A subsequent act in 1785 authorized the widening and improvement of 32 miles of road.
Local climate
Take-Off Stone 200 Metres to North of Cadson sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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