Milepost 17 Metres South of Number 306
MILEPOST 17 METRES SOUTH OF NUMBER 306, ROMAN ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197328
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Milepost 17 Metres South of Number 306
- Statutory Address:
- MILEPOST 17 METRES SOUTH OF NUMBER 306, ROMAN ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197328
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Milepost 17 Metres South of Number 306
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILEPOST 17 METRES SOUTH OF NUMBER 306, ROMAN ROAD
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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 17 METRES SOUTH OF NUMBER 306, ROMAN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Brentwood (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Mountnessing
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 62747 97476
Details
MOUNTNESSING
TQ69NW ROMAN ROAD 723-1/6/472 (North West side) Milepost 17 metres south of No.306
II
Milepost. C18 and early C19. Limestone with cast-iron cover plate. Triangular in plan, one vertical surface facing S embossed `Chelmsford 8', one vertical surface facing E embossed `Brentwood 3'. Chamfered back to a sloping surface above facing SE, embossed `To London 21 Mount-neysing'. Cracked from side to side, repaired with 2 plates at the back and 4 bolts near each edge. HISTORICAL NOTE: the road from Shenfield to Ingatestone was one of the first turnpike roads in Essex, adopted by the Essex Trust in 1695. The erection of milestones was obligatory from the 1760s. This design of cover plate was initiated by James McAdam, and adopted by the Essex Trust in 1819 at the instigation of Lewis Majendie of Hedingham Castle to reduce the frequent cost of re-cutting the inscriptions in the stones, and for greater clarity (Booker, 1974). Shown in Chapman and Andre's map of 1777, and in Cary 1790. This milepost is illustrated in Edwards, 1978 with the cover plate separating from the stone behind, but already cracked and repaired. The stone is of the same shape and bears the inscription `London XXI' in the upper surface, other inscriptions concealed. Booker states that mileages expressed in Roman numerals indicate that a milestone is C18. (Booker J: Essex and the Industrial Revolution: 1974-: 101-116; Cary J: Survey of the High Roads from London: 1790-: 47; Edwards AC: A History of Essex: 1978-: 86).
Listing NGR: TQ6274797476
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 373752
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Edwards, A C, A History of Essex, (1978), 86
Cary, , Survey of the High Roads from London, (1790), 47
Booker, J, Essex and the Industrial Revolution, (1974), 101-116
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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