Milestone on B3254 Near Recycling Centre (Ngr Sx3219883351) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 2007. Milestone. 1 related planning application.
Milestone on B3254 Near Recycling Centre (Ngr Sx3219883351)
- WRENN ID
- crooked-bailey-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 2007
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on B3254 Near Recycling Centre (Ngr Sx3219883351), Launceston
- OS grid reference
- SX 321 833
- Coordinates
- 50.62565, -4.37378
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This late 18th century milestone is made of granite and has a rectangular shape with a rounded top. The north face features incised lettering that reads 'L J', indicating that 'L' stands for Launceston and 'J' represents one mile.
The milestone is part of a series established by the Launceston Turnpike Trust, which was created in 1760 by an Act of Parliament to improve and maintain several roads leading to Launceston, including the route from Launceston Castle to Trekelland Bridge.
Milestones are significant as they are among the few remaining physical markers of both national and local road history. They illustrate the standardization of roads and the introduction of turnpikes. This particular milestone, located along the former turnpike road now known as the B3254, serves as an important marker of the area's evolving transport history and has group value with other listed milestones along this route.
Local climate
Milestone on B3254 Near Recycling Centre (Ngr Sx3219883351) 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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