Milestone North East of Kingswood House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 2008. Milestone.
Milestone North East of Kingswood House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-lime-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 2008
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone North East of Kingswood House, Sand Hill (A390), Calstock
- OS grid reference
- SX 431 713
- Coordinates
- 50.52122, -4.21411
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone located northeast of Kingswood House on Sand Hill is an ashlar stone dating from around 1833. It features an arched top and is integrated into a wall of granite stones on the west side of the Sand Hill road. The front of the stone displays the inscription "C.5 / T.4 1/2".
This milepost was established by the Callington Turnpike Trust, which was created by an Act of Parliament in 1764. The trust's primary goal was to create a route over Hingston Downs to the West End of Tavistock New Bridge (Gunnislake) and through St Ive to Cornbrow. The road connecting Callington and Tavistock underwent improvements around 1833, where the steep inclines on the Devon side of the county boundary were modified to create a gentler gradient. While no significant changes occurred in Cornwall at that time, milestones like this one were likely produced as part of the overall enhancement of the turnpike.
The milestone is designated at Grade II for being an early 19th-century example, likely associated with the improvements to the turnpike, and it is part of a group of similar milestones along this road.
Local climate
Milestone North East of Kingswood House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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