Milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Milestone.

Milestone

WRENN ID
vacant-forge-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone, Queen Street, Lostwithiel, PL22 0AB
OS grid reference
SX 102 597
Coordinates
50.40667, -4.67108
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone from the early 19th century located on Queen Street in Lostwithiel. It is a granite monolith approximately 80 centimetres high, featuring an irregular round head. The milestone is painted and has carved painted lettering that reads: ST AUSTEL VIIII TRURO XXII.

Local climate

Milestone 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow 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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