Milestone to the North of No. 128 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 2008. Milestone.
Milestone to the North of No. 128
- WRENN ID
- old-newel-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 2008
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SX 360 706
- Coordinates
- 50.51294, -4.31424
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone located to the north of No. 128 on Launceston Road (A388) is a late 19th-century stone structure. It is painted white with black lettering and has an obelisk shape, featuring tapering sides and a pyramidal cap. The milestone displays painted markings on two roadside faces indicating distances: "C / 1/2" and "L / 10".
This milepost was erected alongside a road established by the Callington Turnpike Trust, although it seems to have been installed after the Trust ceased to exist in 1874. It is positioned at the junction of the Launceston Trust's road and the Callington Trust's road. The milestone likely dates from after the Highways and Locomotive Act of 1878, which led to the use of painted signage instead of incised lettering. Its preservation, along with two similar milestones in the area, holds historical significance.
The milestone is designated at Grade II for being a representative example of a late 19th-century milestone in its original location and for its group value with other milestones along this route.
Local climate
Milestone to the North of No. 128 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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