Milestone Opposite Middle Lordswaste (NGR SX1725075097)
MILESTONE OPPOSITE MIDDLE LORDSWASTE (NGR SX1725075097), A30
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393085
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jan-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone Opposite Middle Lordswaste (NGR SX1725075097)
- Statutory Address:
- MILESTONE OPPOSITE MIDDLE LORDSWASTE (NGR SX1725075097), A30
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393085
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jan-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone Opposite Middle Lordswaste (NGR SX1725075097)
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILESTONE OPPOSITE MIDDLE LORDSWASTE (NGR SX1725075097), A30
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 OPPOSITE MIDDLE LORDSWASTE (NGR SX1725075097), A30
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Neot
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 17250 75097
Reasons for Designation
The milestone on the A30 near Fourhole Cross has been designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It is one of the first milestones erected by the Bodmin Turnpike Trust in 1769. * It is intact and stands close to its original location. * It compares well with other nearby listed milestones. * It is a good example of an C18 milestone, illustrating the standardisation of roads and the introduction of turnpikes to facilitate the transport needs of the increasingly industrial landscape of Cornwall.
Details
ST NEOT
1554/0/10013 A30 15-JAN-09 Milestone opposite Middle Lordswaste ( NGR SX1725075097)
GV II DESCRIPTION The milestone, c1769, is of carved granite and is rectangular in plan with two dressed faces and a rounded top. It is approximately 73cm high. Large deeply incised lettering gives the distance to Bodmin. The inscription reads: 'B/9'.
HISTORY The ancient route into Cornwall did not cross Bodmin Moor but looped north from Launceston to Camleford and towards Truro. The Bodmin Turnpike Trust was established by an Act of Parliament in 1769, with the aim of constructing a carriage road across Bodmin Moor. The milestone is one of a series erected by the Trust along this route, which later became the A30, the main arterial road into Cornwall. From the outset the Trust used waymarkers on its routes; this example is one of the earliest milestones erected by the Trust. It is the only surviving milestone of a series of 15 stones originally erected on the A30 route east of Bodmin, although others survive to the west. It stands close to its original position having been moved to the south of the carriageway during recent road widening schemes.
The milestone on the A30 near Fourhole Cross is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It is one of the first milestones erected by the Bodmin Turnpike Trust in 1769. * It is intact and stands close to its original location. * It compares well with other nearby listed milestones. * It is a good example of an C18 milestone, illustrating the standardisation of roads and the introduction of turnpikes to facilitate the transport needs of the increasingly industrial landscape of Cornwall.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 504622
- 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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