Milestone at SW 545300 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Milestone.

Milestone at SW 545300

WRENN ID
quartered-moulding-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 October 1987
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at SW 545300, Perranuthnoe
OS grid reference
SW 545 300
Coordinates
50.11962, -5.43476
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milestone located at SW 545300, likely dating from around 1864. It is made of painted dressed granite and has a triangular-shaped shaft that sits on a rectangular base. Two sides of the shaft are angled towards the road and rise from pyramidal stops. Each of these sides features incised lettering and Arabic numerals. The left side reads: "PENZANCE 5 LANDS END 13," while the right side states: "HELSTON 8, FALMOUTH 20." There is also an Ordnance Survey bench mark underneath.

Local climate

Milestone at SW 545300 receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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