Milestone, Shortacross is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. Milestone.
Milestone, Shortacross
- WRENN ID
- stony-paling-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone, Shortacross, Morval
- OS grid reference
- SX 288 576
- Coordinates
- 50.3941, -4.40878
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located in Shortacross, likely dating from the late 18th century. It is a rectangular granite post with a rounded top, painted white. The upper part features black painted uppercase lettering that reads 'TORPOINT 12'. Documents related to the Liskeard-Torpoint Turnpike Acts can be found at Antony House in Torpoint, Cornwall, and are available through the Cornwall County Record Office. Additionally, refer to the Cornwall Record Office Turnpikes, Canals and Ferries Handlist No. 5 from 1983 for more information.
Local climate
Milestone, Shortacross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- No related consent applications matched
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