MILEPOST NORTH OF LAYBY, NEAR STAFFORD BYPASS

MILEPOST NORTH OF LAYBY, NEAR STAFFORD BYPASS, STONE ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392684
Date first listed:: 29-Jul-2008
List Entry Name:: MILEPOST NORTH OF LAYBY, NEAR STAFFORD BYPASS
Statutory Address:: MILEPOST NORTH OF LAYBY, NEAR STAFFORD BYPASS, STONE ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392684
Date first listed:: 29-Jul-2008
List Entry Name:: MILEPOST NORTH OF LAYBY, NEAR STAFFORD BYPASS
Statutory Address 1:: MILEPOST NORTH OF LAYBY, NEAR STAFFORD BYPASS, STONE ROAD

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: MILEPOST NORTH OF LAYBY, NEAR STAFFORD BYPASS, STONE ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Staffordshire
District:: Stafford (District Authority)
Parish:: Creswell
National Grid Reference:: SJ 91096 26343

Reasons for Designation

Milestones are of national importance as they are some of the few physical remains of national and local historic road use. The mileposts on this route reflect the standardisation of roads to facilitate the transport needs of the increasingly industrial landscape of C18 Staffordshire. This is an unusual example of an earlier C18 milestone which is combined with an early C19 cast iron milepost.

Details

CRESWELL

603/0/10049 STONE ROAD 30-JUL-08 Milepost north of layby, near Stafford bypass

II Milestone of 1761 and early-C19 milepost. The rectangular milestone is of sandstone with an arched top and the attached post is of triangular section with a domed top. The face of the stone is masked and no lettering is apparent. The post has raised lettering which reads 'TILLINGTON' to the top and the angled plate below reads, to left 'STONE/5/MILES' and to right 'STAFFORD/2/MILES'.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: Milestones are of national importance as they are some of the few physical remains of national and local historic road use. The mileposts on this route reflect the standardisation of roads to facilitate the transport needs of the increasingly industrial landscape of C18 Staffordshire. This is an unusual example of an earlier C18 milestone which is combined with an early C19 cast iron milepost.

SJ9109626343

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 502766
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.