Milestone South of Parbury Cottage (NGR ST7658648680)
MILESTONE SOUTH OF PARBURY COTTAGE (NGR ST7658648680), VALLIS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392515
- Date first listed:
- 09-Apr-2008
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone South of Parbury Cottage (NGR ST7658648680)
- Statutory Address:
- MILESTONE SOUTH OF PARBURY COTTAGE (NGR ST7658648680), VALLIS ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392515
- Date first listed:
- 09-Apr-2008
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone South of Parbury Cottage (NGR ST7658648680)
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILESTONE SOUTH OF PARBURY COTTAGE (NGR ST7658648680), VALLIS 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 SOUTH OF PARBURY COTTAGE (NGR ST7658648680), VALLIS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Frome
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 76591 48679
Reasons for Designation
This milestone on the A362, on the north-west edge of Frome, has been listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is a legible, intact example of a late C18 or early C19 milestone, reflecting the expansion of the road network and the impact of the 1773 general Turnpike Act, which made recording mileage compulsory. * It is comparable to other listed milestones on this route erected by the Frome Turnpike Trust.
Details
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1010/0/10021 VALLIS ROAD 09-APR-08 Milestone South of Parbury Cottage (NG R ST7658648680)
II Late C18 or early C19 milestone; rectangular in plan with rounded top. It is of dressed stone and a cast iron plaque in the design of a three-pointed shield is attached to the front (east face). Incised lettering to the front of the plaque reads: FROME 1.
HISTORY: It is one of a series of milestones erected by the Frome Turnpike Trust on the route between Frome and Radstock which was turnpiked in 1757.
REASON FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: This milestone on the A362 is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is a legible, intact example of a late C18 or early C19 milestone, reflecting the expansion of the road network and the impact of the 1773 general Turnpike Act. * It is comparable to other listed milestones erected along this route by the Frome Turnpike Trust.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 503565
- 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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