Milestone at Sw769365 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Milestone.

Milestone at Sw769365

WRENN ID
sleeping-lantern-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1988
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone at Sw769365, Ponsanooth
OS grid reference
SW 769 365
Coordinates
50.18698, -5.12642
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, dating from around the mid-19th century, is made of painted dressed granite and features a squat pyramidal head. It has a square base and an inscribed triangular shaft. On the left side, it reads "PENRYN 2 MILES FALMOUTH 4 MILES," while the right side states "REDRUTH 6 MILES CAMBORNE 9 MILES."

Local climate

Milestone at Sw769365 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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