Milestone at SW is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Milestone.

Milestone at SW

WRENN ID
wild-cloister-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 October 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at SW, Marazion
OS grid reference
SW 516 307
Coordinates
50.12488, -5.47656
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located in Marazion, dating from around the mid 19th century. It is made of painted dressed granite and features a pyramidal head. The shaft is triangular in shape and sits on a square base. Two of its faces are inscribed and rise above large pyramidal stops. The left side is marked with the inscriptions "PENZANCE 3" and "LANDS END 13". The right side has the inscriptions "HELSTON 10" and "FALMOUTH 22". There is also an Ordnance Survey bench mark underneath.

Local climate

Milestone at SW receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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