Milepost In Front Of Southington Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1986. Milepost.

Milepost In Front Of Southington Cottages

WRENN ID: sleeping-bracket-willow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Wiltshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 21 May 1986
Type: Milepost
Source: Historic England listing

Description

STAPLEFORD WARMINSTER ROAD SU 03 NE (north side) 3/66 Milepost in front of Southington Cottages GV II Milepost. Circa 1840. Cast-iron classical-style pillar with low pedimented top and plinth, raised lettering to front: SALISBURY/8/WARMINSTER/13. One of a series of cast-iron mileposts and boundary posts on turnpikes radiating from Warminster and manufactured by Carson and Miller, a firm of Warminster ironfounders. This milepost may have been moved slightly during road improvements in 1970s. (R. Haynes, Wiltshire Milestones, Leisure in Wiltshire, 1968)

Listing NGR: SU0593637010

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