MILEPOST ON B3170 AT NGR ST 2275 1535 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Milestone.

MILEPOST ON B3170 AT NGR ST 2275 1535

WRENN ID
strange-string-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1986
Type
Milestone
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ST21NW OTTERFORD CP

6/40 Milepost on B3170 at NGR ST 2275 1535

II

Milepost. Circa 1840, Iron founders Allen and Co of Taunton. Cast iron. Triangular in plan, hollow in section, sloping top and plinth with founders name. Inscribed in raised lettering left side 'HONITON 11 3/8", right "TAUNTON 7". Set at an angle leaning backwards, about 1.2m high. The Honiton and Ilminster Trust obtained consent to turnpike the section of road from Shoreditch, south of Taunton, to the Devon border by an Act of 1840. An almost complete set of mileposts survives along the road. (Bentley, J.B and Murless, B.J Somerset Roads - The Legacy of the Turnpikes, 1995).

Listing NGR: ST2272815292

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