Milestone Circa 15m South-East of Pear Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 2011. A C19 Milestone.
Milestone Circa 15m South-East of Pear Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- woven-hammer-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 2011
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone Circa 15m South-East of Pear Tree Cottage, Unclassified Road, St. Michael Penkevil
- OS grid reference
- SW 857 428
- Coordinates
- 50.24645, -5.00574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone located about 15 meters south-east of Pear Tree Cottage in St Michael Penkevil is a Grade II listed structure. This stone milestone stands on the north side of the road and is painted white, with the inscription highlighted in black. It measures 0.85 meters in height and 0.43 meters in width, featuring a rectangular shape that narrows to an arched top. The lettering is in sans-serif capitals and is carved somewhat inexpertly, reading: 'FROM / TREGOTHNAN / 1 / MILE'.
This milestone is part of a set of four that were privately erected to mark the approach to Tregothnan House from the north-east. These milestones are believed to date from the early part of the 19th century, possibly around 1818, coinciding with the remodeling of Tregothnan House for the fourth Viscount Falmouth by architect William Wilkins. They are situated on a public, unclassified road that leads south from what is now the A390 at Trelowthas, rather than on the private drive to the house.
The milestone is designated at Grade II for its historic interest as part of a group marking the route to a significant private estate, its intact condition as a complete example of an early 19th-century milestone in its original location, and its group value with the Grade I listed Tregothnan House and the other milestones in the group, which are also listed.
Local climate
Milestone Circa 15m South-East of Pear Tree Cottage receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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