Milestone Opposite Newbridge Wood (Ngr Sx1211464862) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 2008. Milestone.
Milestone Opposite Newbridge Wood (Ngr Sx1211464862)
- WRENN ID
- graven-gateway-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 2008
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Opposite Newbridge Wood (Ngr Sx1211464862), A38, Cardinham
- OS grid reference
- SX 121 648
- Coordinates
- 50.45341, -4.64811
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone opposite Newbridge Wood dates from around 1834 and is triangular in shape with a flat top that slopes slightly towards the front. It features incised lettering in Roman capitals with Arabic numerals, painted black, on two dressed faces. The inscriptions read 'L/81/2' and 'B/4'. The milestone is painted white, although the paint has discoloured and worn away in parts.
Historically, the Bodmin Turnpike Trust was established by an Act of Parliament in 1769 to manage the route from Bodmin to Liskeard. In November 1834, plans were published for a new route along the Glynn valley, leading to the erection of nine milestones along this path. This milestone is one of the eight that still survive.
This milestone is designated as Grade II because it remains in its original location and is intact. It serves as a good example of an early 19th-century milestone, reflecting the standardisation of roads and the introduction of turnpikes to meet the transportation needs of Cornwall's industrial landscape during that period.
Local climate
Milestone Opposite Newbridge Wood (Ngr Sx1211464862) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% 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 16 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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