Milestone South of Bodmin School (Ngr Sx0778165458) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 2009. Milestone.
Milestone South of Bodmin School (Ngr Sx0778165458)
- WRENN ID
- haunted-solder-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 2009
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone South of Bodmin School (Ngr Sx0778165458), B3268
- OS grid reference
- SX 077 654
- Coordinates
- 50.45745, -4.70931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone, dating from around 1769, is made of carved granite and has a rectangular shape with two dressed faces and a rounded top. It stands approximately 65 centimeters high and features large, deeply incised lettering that indicates the distance to Bodmin, reading: '1/B'.
This milestone is part of a series established by the Bodmin Turnpike Trust, which was created by an Act of Parliament in 1769. The trust implemented waymarkers on its routes, and this particular milestone is one of the earliest erected by the Trust, marking the first of four milestones along the route south of Bodmin. While there were at least five milemarkers on roads leading from Bodmin, only two are known to have survived.
The milestone on the B3268 south of Bodmin School is listed for several reasons: it is one of the first milestones erected by the Bodmin Turnpike Trust, it remains intact and close to its original location, it has group value with other nearby listed milestones, and it serves as a good example of an 18th-century milestone, reflecting the standardization of roads and the introduction of turnpikes to support the transport needs of Cornwall's growing industrial landscape.
Local climate
Milestone South of Bodmin School (Ngr Sx0778165458) 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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