Milestone at SW 965 498 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1988. Milestone.
Milestone at SW 965 498
- WRENN ID
- peeling-tower-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1988
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at SW 965 498, St. Mewan
- OS grid reference
- SW 965 497
- Coordinates
- 50.3128, -4.8593
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, likely from the 18th century, is a granite monolith standing about 1 metre and 10 centimetres tall. It features a rounded head and is painted, displaying carved painted lettering in upper case with serifs, indicating the distances to St Austell (3 miles) and Truro (10 miles).
Local climate
Milestone at SW 965 498 receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% 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 0.2°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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