MILESTONE 400 METRES EAST OF THE RIDGEWAY

MILESTONE 400 METRES EAST OF THE RIDGEWAY, A4

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1182714
Date first listed:: 02-Sep-1986
List Entry Name:: MILESTONE 400 METRES EAST OF THE RIDGEWAY
Statutory Address:: MILESTONE 400 METRES EAST OF THE RIDGEWAY, A4

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Date:: 2000-07-31
Reference:: IOE01/00704/04
Rights:: © Mr B.J.W. Heath. Source: Historic England Archive

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1182714
Date first listed:: 02-Sep-1986
List Entry Name:: MILESTONE 400 METRES EAST OF THE RIDGEWAY
Statutory Address 1:: MILESTONE 400 METRES EAST OF THE RIDGEWAY, A4

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 400 METRES EAST OF THE RIDGEWAY, A4

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: West Overton
National Grid Reference:: SU 12240 68138

Details

SU 16 NW WEST OVERTON A4 (north side) 9/126 Milestone 400m east of the Ridgeway II Milestone on Overton Hill. C18. Painted stone. Triangular shaft with lozenge facing top panel. Painted legends reading, left: MARLBORO' 4. Right: CALNE 8. On top face: London 79. Legend at foot not visible. Benchmark.

Listing NGR: SU1224068138

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Legacy System number:: 311378
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.