Milestone in front of Ruby Terrace, Porkellis is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 2012. Milestone.
Milestone in front of Ruby Terrace, Porkellis
- WRENN ID
- silent-rampart-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 2012
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SW 694 334
- Coordinates
- 50.15633, -5.22885
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a milestone located in front of Ruby Terrace in Porkellis, dating from around the mid-19th century. It is made of dressed granite and has a triangular head, with worn edges. The milestone stands approximately 0.94 meters high and about 0.33 meters wide. It is painted white, and there is an incised inscription on the front, highlighted in black paint, which reads: HELSTON 5, CARN MENELLIS 1½, REDRUTH 5.
Local climate
Milestone in front of Ruby Terrace, Porkellis receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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