Milestone in Road Verge Opposite Number 179
MILESTONE IN ROAD VERGE OPPOSITE NUMBER 179, CHELMSFORD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197192
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone in Road Verge Opposite Number 179
- Statutory Address:
- MILESTONE IN ROAD VERGE OPPOSITE NUMBER 179, CHELMSFORD ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197192
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone in Road Verge Opposite Number 179
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILESTONE IN ROAD VERGE OPPOSITE NUMBER 179, CHELMSFORD ROAD
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 IN ROAD VERGE OPPOSITE NUMBER 179, CHELMSFORD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Brentwood (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 61722 96380
Details
BRENTWOOD
TQ69NW CHELMSFORD ROAD, Shenfield 723-1/6/266 (North West side) Milestone in road verge opposite No.179
II
Milestone. C18. Limestone. Square in plan, angled to road, the SE arris chamfered at the top to form an inclined surface inscribed `London XX'. The N face is inscribed `XX miles from London', now facing away from the road. The W face is inscribed with an OS benchmark. Cracked through and cemented about 0.35m from the top. 0.28m square, standing 0.73m above ground. The road between Shenfield and Ingatestone town was one of the first roads in Essex to be turnpiked, by the Essex Trust under an Act of 1695. Cast-iron cover plates were developed in 1819 to reduce the frequent costs of re-cutting the inscriptions, so this is evidently substantially earlier, having been inscribed, turned and inscribed again before 1819. (Booker J: Essex and the Industrial Revolution: 1974-: 101, 105, 113-116; Cary J: Survey of the High Roads from London: 1790-: 47).
Listing NGR: TQ6172296380
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 373389
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cary, , Survey of the High Roads from London, (1790), 47
Booker, J, Essex and the Industrial Revolution, (1974), 101-105
Booker, J, Essex and the Industrial Revolution, (1974), 113-116
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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