MILESTONE APPROX 382M NORTH-WEST OF TRELAGOSSICK COTTAGE

MILESTONE APPROX 382M NORTH-WEST OF TRELAGOSSICK COTTAGE, A3078

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Overview

A milestone erected in 1762 by the Creed, Tregony and St Just Turnpike Trust. Granite. It is square in plan with a flat top and chamfered corners, and stands some 0.7m high by 0.3m wide. Painted white with black lettering, it is inscribed; ST MaWES/8/TReGONY/2 on the south face and RUAN/2 on the east face. An unpainted Ordnance Survey benchmark, partly buried, lies at the base of the Ruan face. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1396123
Date first listed:: 11-Nov-2010
List Entry Name:: MILESTONE APPROX 382M NORTH-WEST OF TRELAGOSSICK COTTAGE
Statutory Address:: MILESTONE APPROX 382M NORTH-WEST OF TRELAGOSSICK COTTAGE, A3078

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1396123
Date first listed:: 11-Nov-2010
List Entry Name:: MILESTONE APPROX 382M NORTH-WEST OF TRELAGOSSICK COTTAGE
Statutory Address 1:: MILESTONE APPROX 382M NORTH-WEST OF TRELAGOSSICK COTTAGE, A3078

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: MILESTONE APPROX 382M NORTH-WEST OF TRELAGOSSICK COTTAGE, A3078

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Veryan
National Grid Reference:: SW 92011 42033

Reasons for Designation

The milestone approx 382m north-west of Trelagossick Cottage, on the north side of the A3078, at the junction with the road to Ruan Lanihorne, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Intactness: it is an intact milestone dating from 1762, which remains in its original position. * Group Value: it has group value with other milestones recommended for designation along this turnpike route. * Historical Association: it is a testament to the development of the turnpike system in Cornwall, particularly to facilitate transportation within a growing industrial landscape.

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571/0/10002 A3078 11-NOV-10 (North side) Milestone approx 382m north-west of Tr elagossick Cottage

II DESCRIPTION: A milestone erected in 1762 by the Creed, Tregony and St Just Turnpike Trust. Granite. It is square in plan with a flat top and chamfered corners, and stands some 0.7m high by 0.3m wide. Painted white with black lettering, it is inscribed; ST MaWES/8/TReGONY/2 on the south face and RUAN/2 on the east face. An unpainted Ordnance Survey benchmark, partly buried, lies at the base of the Ruan face.

HISTORY: Historically roads were maintained by the parishes they passed through. Sometimes this proved beyond them, and in 1663 the first turnpike trust, was established, empowered to levy tolls towards the upkeep of a particular stretch of road. Initially there were few such trusts, but in the early C18 their number rose steeply; by 1750 most major roads had been turnpiked, and over the rest of the century and into the early C19 over 1000 turnpike trusts were established in all, the last in 1836. Milestones (along with toll houses, and rebuilt bridges and re-engineered sections of the roads themselves) are physical evidence of these trusts' activities.

From the mid-C18 onwards, turnpike trusts were encouraged to provide markers such as milestones and mileposts on the stretches of roads they operated. The Creed, Tregony and St Just Turnpike Trust was established by Act of Parliament in 1762 and this milestone stands on the former turnpike road between St Mawes and Tregony. The milestone is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1880. The milestones originally erected by the Trust were of the `tombstone' design being of a rectangular plan with semi-circular rounded heads and one dressed face. However, as this milestone was erected at the junction with the road to Ruan Lanihorne, a square stone was used so an inscription could be added to two faces.

SOURCES: Benford, M, Milestone, (2002)

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The milestone approx 382m north-west of Trelagossick Cottage, on the north side of the A3078, at the junction with the road to Ruan Lanihorne, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Intactness: it is an intact milestone dating from 1762, which remains in its original position. * Group Value: it has group value with other designated milestones along this turnpike route. * Historical Association: it is a testament to the development of the turnpike system in Cornwall, particularly to facilitate transportation within a growing industrial landscape.

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Legacy System number:: 508357
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.