Milepost on Roadside to East of Croft House
MILEPOST ON ROADSIDE TO EAST OF CROFT HOUSE, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1159179
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Milepost on Roadside to East of Croft House
- Statutory Address:
- MILEPOST ON ROADSIDE TO EAST OF CROFT HOUSE, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1159179
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Milepost on Roadside to East of Croft House
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILEPOST ON ROADSIDE TO EAST OF CROFT HOUSE, MAIN 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:
- MILEPOST ON ROADSIDE TO EAST OF CROFT HOUSE, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shap
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 56440 14719
Details
SHAP MAIN STREET NY 5614/5 (West side), Shap
27/161 Milepost on roadside to east of Croft House
GV II
Milepost, dated 1825, for Heron Syke Turnpike Trust. Oval foundry mark on top centre: T. WINDER GATEBECK FOUNDRY. Cast-iron fastened back to stone block; c.3 ft high. 3 concave sides with ogee domical top. Separate plates giving town names and distances in raised letters are fastened to sides of main casting. Left: SHAP. Date to centre. Right: KENDAL 16 MILES. Painted white with lettering, foundry mark, and top edges picked out in black.
Listing NGR: NY5644014719
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 74176
- 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.
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