Milestone 400m South of Rill Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 2008. Milestone.

Milestone 400m South of Rill Farm

WRENN ID
shifting-flue-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 2008
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone 400m South of Rill Farm, St Germans Road, Callington
OS grid reference
SX 360 679
Coordinates
50.48818, -4.31289
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a granite milestone dating from around 1764, located 400 meters south of Rill Farm on St Germans Road in Callington. It is a rectangular ashlar post with a rounded head, featuring incised lettering with serifs that indicates the distance to Callington in Roman numerals: C I.

The milestone is part of a series established by the Callington Turnpike Trust, which was created by an Act of Parliament in 1764. The Act outlined eight routes, including this one leading to Callington from St Germans, which originally had three milestones.

Milestones are significant as they are among the few remaining physical markers of historical road use, reflecting the standardization of roads and the establishment of turnpikes. This particular milestone is intact and remains in its original location, and it has group value with other listed mileposts along this route.

Local climate

Milestone 400m South of Rill Farm 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 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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