Milestone Against South West Corner of the Town Hall
MILESTONE AGAINST SOUTH WEST CORNER OF THE TOWN HALL, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1057297
- Date first listed:
- 28-Apr-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone Against South West Corner of the Town Hall
- Statutory Address:
- MILESTONE AGAINST SOUTH WEST CORNER OF THE TOWN HALL, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1057297
- Date first listed:
- 28-Apr-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone Against South West Corner of the Town Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILESTONE AGAINST SOUTH WEST CORNER OF THE TOWN HALL, HIGH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MILESTONE AGAINST SOUTH WEST CORNER OF THE TOWN HALL, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ilchester
- National Grid Reference:
- ST5216322695
Details
Milestone etc., Town Hall, High Street
10/55
8/55
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ST5222
10/55
ILCHESTER CP
HIGH STREET (East side)
Milestone against south-west corner of the Town Hall
GV
II
Milestone. Possibly C18. Ham stone, about 400mm wide and 100mm thick, one metre high, with triangular top. Incised
lettering reads "MILES TO/LONDON 127/BRISTOL 35/BATH 33/WELLS 18/TAUNTON 24/YEOVIL 5". Possibly erected by the
Ilchester Trust, founded 1753, as the starting point from which all the mileages on their toll roads were measured.
(Bentley, J and Murless, B J, Somerset Roads, Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society, 1985).
Listing NGR: ST5216322695
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 263437
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Bentley, J B, Murless, B J, Somerset Roads: The Legacy of the Turnpikes Western Somerset, (1985)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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