Milestone on Penpillick Hill, 190m North of Vine Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 2010. Milestone.
Milestone on Penpillick Hill, 190m North of Vine Cottage
- WRENN ID
- silent-ember-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 2010
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on Penpillick Hill, 190m North of Vine Cottage, A390, Tywardreath and Par
- OS grid reference
- SX 079 561
- Coordinates
- 50.3742, -4.70279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone on Penpillick Hill, located 190 meters north of Vine Cottage, dates from 1764 and is made of stone. It has a rectangular shape with a semi-circular head and stands approximately 0.75 meters high on the verge of the road's west side. The milestone is painted white and features inscriptions in Sans Serif capitals: "ST / AUSTEL / Vi / TRURO / XIX," with the lettering highlighted in black paint.
This milestone was part of a series erected in 1764 along the road from Grampound to Lostwithiel by the St Austell and Lostwithiel Turnpike Trust. Walter Treleavers provided the stones at a cost of 17 shillings each, including delivery. The distances marked on the milestones were calculated from the 8-mile stone at the end of the adjacent Truro Turnpike Trust, resulting in the half-mile distances to St Austell that are recorded on all milestones in this group.
The milestone is designated at Grade II due to its intact condition, original position, and its group value with other listed milestones along the Grampound to Lostwithiel turnpike route.
Local climate
Milestone on Penpillick Hill, 190m North of Vine Cottage 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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