Milestone 500 Metres to North West to Cadson is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. Milestone.
Milestone 500 Metres to North West to Cadson
- WRENN ID
- sheer-finial-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SX 333 678
- Coordinates
- 50.48654, -4.35001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located 500 meters northwest of Cadson, dates from around 1764. It is made of granite and features a white painted rectangular post with a rounded head. The post has incised lettering with serifs that indicate the distances to Callington and Liskeard, specifically inscribed as C 2½ L 6. It is situated on the turnpike road leading into Callington, as established by the Turnpike Road Act of 1764.
Local climate
Milestone 500 Metres to North West to Cadson 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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