Milestone Adjacent To House Known As 'Milestone' is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 2010. Milestone.
Milestone Adjacent To House Known As 'Milestone'
- WRENN ID
- eternal-granite-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 2010
- Type
- Milestone
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TREVERBYN
868/0/10198 HIGHER BUGLE 01-OCT-10 (West side) Milestone adjacent to house known as ' Milestone'
GV II A milestone, dating from 1836, in stone. The milestone is triangular on plan, and has a flat top with a metal pin inserted into the head. It is set against the garden wall of the house known as Milestone. The milestone is painted white and is inscribed: B / 7 / St A / 4; the lettering is picked out in black paint. There is a benchmark incised at the upper left corner of the right-hand face of the stone.
HISTORY: The St Austell and Lostwithiel Turnpike Trust was established by Act of Parliament in 1761. Between 1835 and 1836, the Trust built a new road linking the southern route through the county with the central route from Launceston to Bodmin. The new route was almost eight miles long, with seven milestones.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The milestone at the house known as Milestone in Trevelyan is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * An intact milestone dating from 1836, which remains in its original position * Group value with the other listed milestones along the Bodmin to St Austell turnpike route
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