Milestone 5 Metres to South of West Taphouse School is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. A C19 Milestone.
Milestone 5 Metres to South of West Taphouse School
- WRENN ID
- former-minaret-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SX 149 632
- Coordinates
- 50.43976, -4.60748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone dating from the early 19th century, located 5 metres south of West Taphouse School. It is made of whitewashed granite and features a rounded head. The post has an incised inscription that reads "LOSTWL 1111 TRURO XXV1".
Local climate
Milestone 5 Metres to South of West Taphouse School 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 83% 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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