Milestone at Slipper Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1989. A Victorian Milestone.

Milestone at Slipper Hill

WRENN ID
deep-doorway-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 May 1989
Type
Milestone
Period
Victorian
Address
Milestone at Slipper Hill, North Hill
OS grid reference
SX 285 788
Coordinates
50.58398, -4.42279
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The milestone at Slipper Hill is a mid-19th century milestone made of painted granite. It has a rectangular shape with a triangular head. The inscription on the milestone reads 'Launceston 5, Liskeard 10 lll', indicating distances of 5 miles to Launceston and 10 miles to Liskeard.

Local climate

Milestone at Slipper Hill 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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