Milestone 27 Metres South South West of the Spread Eagle Public House
MILESTONE 27 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF THE SPREAD EAGLE PUBLIC HOUSE, ROMAN ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392080
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jun-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone 27 Metres South South West of the Spread Eagle Public House
- Statutory Address:
- MILESTONE 27 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF THE SPREAD EAGLE PUBLIC HOUSE, ROMAN ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392080
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jun-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone 27 Metres South South West of the Spread Eagle Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILESTONE 27 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF THE SPREAD EAGLE PUBLIC HOUSE, ROMAN 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 27 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF THE SPREAD EAGLE PUBLIC HOUSE, ROMAN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Chelmsford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Margaretting
- National Grid Reference:
- TL6732301860
Details
719/0/10093
18-JUN-07
MARGARETTING
ROMAN ROAD
Milestone 27m SSW of The Spread Eagle Public House
II
Milestone and cover plate. C18 and C19. Limestone and cast iron. One vertical surface of the cast iron cover plate is embossed with 'Chelmsford 4' and the other with 'Ingatstone 2'. A sloping surface above is embossed with 'To London 25 Margareting'.
HISTORY: This is one in a series of milestones erected in the C18 by the Essex Turnpike Trust to mark the distances along the 'Great Essex Road', which ran from London to Harwich. The design of the cover plate, which was added later, was initiated by James McAdam and adopted by the Trust in 1819 to reduce the frequent cost of re-cutting the inscriptions in the stones.
SOURCES: www.milestonesonline.co.uk; www.milestone-society.co.uk
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: Milestones survive in large numbers as important indicators of road use and to merit listing they must survive in their original position and be largely intact. This is a good example of a milestone erected along the 'Great Essex Road'. It appears to be in its original location and retains its cast iron cover plate.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 502735
- 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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