Milestone NE of Higher Wainsford Cottage (Ngr Sx1530565201) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 2008. Milestone.
Milestone NE of Higher Wainsford Cottage (Ngr Sx1530565201)
- WRENN ID
- old-balcony-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 2008
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone NE of Higher Wainsford Cottage (Ngr Sx1530565201), A38, Braddock
- OS grid reference
- SX 153 652
- Coordinates
- 50.4575, -4.60338
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone, dated 1834, is located northeast of Higher Wainsford Cottage. It has a triangular shape with two dressed faces and a flat, slightly sloping top, standing approximately 60 centimeters high. Two faces feature large, deeply incised lettering, painted black, indicating distances to Bodmin and Liskeard. The left face reads "L 6 1/2" and the right face reads "B 6".
This milestone is part of a series erected by the Bodmin Turnpike Trust, which was established by an Act of Parliament in 1769. In 1834, the Trust improved its route from Bodmin to Liskeard, installing several milestones along the new nine-mile stretch through the Glyn Valley. This particular milestone is one of eight surviving examples along the turnpike route.
It is listed at Grade II because it remains in its original location and is intact. It serves as a good example of a 19th-century milestone, reflecting the standardization of roads and the establishment of turnpikes to meet the transport needs of the increasingly industrial landscape of 19th-century Cornwall. Additionally, it has group value with other listed milestones along the route.
Local climate
Milestone NE of Higher Wainsford Cottage (Ngr Sx1530565201) 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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