Milestone at Sx 080640 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1988. Milestone.

Milestone at Sx 080640

WRENN ID
hidden-rafter-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1988
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Sx 080640, Lanhydrock
OS grid reference
SX 080 639
Coordinates
50.44397, -4.70458
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century milestone located at SX 080640 in Lanhydrock. It is made of granite and stands approximately 1.1 meters tall with a rounded head. The milestone is painted and features carved uppercase lettering that reads "2B," indicating the distance to Bodmin, along with a benchmark at the base. It was established under the Turnpike Act for roads leading into Bodmin, which was enacted in 1769.

Local climate

Milestone at Sx 080640 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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