Milestone at Sw561294 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Milestone.
Milestone at Sw561294
- WRENN ID
- hollow-zinc-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone at Sw561294, Breage
- OS grid reference
- SW 560 294
- Coordinates
- 50.11466, -5.41352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, likely dating from around 1864, is a painted dressed granite monolith. It has a triangular shape on top of a rectangular base. The two rectangular sides of the shaft are angled towards the road and rise from large pyramid stops. Each side features incised lettering and Arabic numerals. The top of the milestone has a pyramidal head. The left side is inscribed with "PENZANCE 6, LANDS END 16," while the right side reads "HELSTON 7, FALMOUTH 19."
Local climate
Milestone at Sw561294 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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