Milestone about 15m East of No. 138 High Street

Milestone about 15m East of No. 138, High Street

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1031920
Date first listed:: 11-Jun-1986
List Entry Name:: Milestone about 15m East of No. 138 High Street
Statutory Address:: Milestone about 15m East of No. 138, High Street

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1031920
Date first listed:: 11-Jun-1986
List Entry Name:: Milestone about 15m East of No. 138 High Street
Statutory Address 1:: Milestone about 15m East of No. 138, High Street

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Milestone about 15m East of No. 138, High Street

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

County:: Hertfordshire
District:: East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:: Watton-at-Stone
National Grid Reference:: TL 30358 19105

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 February 2022 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

TL 3036 1910 9/195

WATTON-AT-STONE Watton-at-Stone HIGH STREET (Southwest side) Milestone about 15m E of No. 138

II

Milestone. Mid C18. Erected by Watton Turnpike Trust. White freestone. A low square pillar about 1½m high with a rounded head. Painted inscription on front face '26 MILES FROM LONDON'. (W Branch Johnson, Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, 1970).

No. 138 is not listable.

Listing NGR: TL3035819105

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Legacy System number:: 356305
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

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Branch Johnson, W, The Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, (1970)

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