Milestone West of Doublebois (NGR SX1957564908)
MILESTONE WEST OF DOUBLEBOIS (NGR SX1957564908), A38
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393197
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-2008
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone West of Doublebois (NGR SX1957564908)
- Statutory Address:
- MILESTONE WEST OF DOUBLEBOIS (NGR SX1957564908), A38
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393197
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-2008
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone West of Doublebois (NGR SX1957564908)
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILESTONE WEST OF DOUBLEBOIS (NGR SX1957564908), A38
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 WEST OF DOUBLEBOIS (NGR SX1957564908), A38
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Dobwalls
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 19582 64909
Reasons for Designation
The milestone west of Doublebois, has been designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It stands in its original location, and is intact * It is a good example of an early C19 milestone, illustrating the standardisation of roads and the introduction of turnpikes to facilitate the transport needs of the increasingly industrial landscape of C19 Cornwall
Details
DOBWALLS AND TREWIDLAND
514/0/10025 A38 20-NOV-08 (North side) Milestone West of Doublebois (NGR SX19 57564908)
II Milestone of c.1834. Triangular in plan with a top slightly sloping towards the front. The incised lettering is in Roman capitals with Arabic numerals. The inscription is to two dressed faces, the western face reads 'L 3 ½' and the eastern one `B 9'. The stone was originally painted white with the letters picked out in black, but there are almost no traces of paint remaining.
HISTORY: The Bodmin Turnpike Trust was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1769 to improve the roads into Bodmin. The Trust's original route towards Liskeard was somewhat circuitous and in November 1834 plans were published for a new more direct route through the Glynn Valley. A total of nine milestones were erected along this route and eight of these survive, of which this is one.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The milestone west of Doublebois, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It stands in its original location, and is intact * It is a good example of an early C19 milestone, illustrating the standardisation of roads and the introduction of turnpikes to facilitate the transport needs of the increasingly industrial landscape of C19 Cornwall SX1958264909
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 504560
- 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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