Milestone at SW 6482 2795 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1994. Milestone.
Milestone at SW 6482 2795
- WRENN ID
- lost-footing-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1994
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at SW 6482 2795, Sithney Common Hill, Helston
- OS grid reference
- SW 648 279
- Coordinates
- 50.10502, -5.29018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located on the south-west side of Sithney Common Hill, dates from the mid-19th century. It is made of painted dressed granite and features a pyramidal head. The base is square, and the shaft is triangular in plan, rising from large pyramid stops. The left-hand face is inscribed with "PENZANCE/ 12/ LANDS END/ 22," while the right-hand face reads "HELSTON/ 1/ FALMOUTH/ 11."
Local climate
Milestone at SW 6482 2795 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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