Milestone On Wall To North West Of High School House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1985. Milestone.

Milestone On Wall To North West Of High School House

WRENN ID
endless-corner-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1985
Type
Milestone
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This milestone, likely dating from around 1812 when the roads were improved, is located on a wall to the north-west of High School House in Gosforth. It is a monolithic sandstone block placed on top of the wall, with a trapezoidal shape, measuring approximately 3 feet long and 1 foot 3 inches high. The milestone is painted white, featuring crude incised lettering with outline hands highlighted in black.

On the east face, which has chamfered edges, the inscriptions read: "TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES TO EGREMONT 6" with a hand pointing to the right, and "TO BROUGHTON 16 MILES TO KENDAL 36" with a hand pointing to the left. The west face displays: "TO WHITEHAVEN 11 MILES TO EGREMONT 6" with a hand pointing to the left, and "TO RAVENGLASS 5 MILES TO ULVERSTON 31" with a hand pointing to the right.

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