Milestone at Ngr Sx4211259431 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 2007. Milestone.
Milestone at Ngr Sx4211259431
- WRENN ID
- lone-hinge-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 2007
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Ngr Sx4211259431, New Road, Saltash
- OS grid reference
- SX 421 594
- Coordinates
- 50.41346, -4.22361
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mid 19th century milestone is made of granite and has a rectangular shape with a rounded top. The south face features incised lettering that reads '1 mile To S', indicating one mile to Saltash.
The milestone is part of a series erected by the Saltash Turnpike Trust, which was established by an Act of Parliament in 1761. In 1834, the Trust improved access to the newly opened steam ferry at Saltash by constructing a new route from the ferry pier northwest to South Pill and enhancing the existing road from there to Burraton Cross.
Milestones like this one are significant as they are among the few remaining physical markers of historic road use, reflecting the standardization of roads and the introduction of turnpikes. This particular milestone, located along a former turnpike road, the old A38, serves as an important marker of the area's evolving transport history and has group value with other listed milestones on this route.
Local climate
Milestone at Ngr Sx4211259431 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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