MILESTONE APPROX 137M SOUTH-EAST OF THE MEADOWS

MILESTONE APPROX 137M SOUTH-EAST OF THE MEADOWS, B2373

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Overview

A milestone erected in the 1830s, as a result of improvements made by John Hearle Tremayne to the transportation routes around the Heligan estate. Triangular in plan, with a flat top sloping slightly upwards at the back, the stone stands 0.69 metres high and is painted white with black lettering. It is inscribed St.A 3 on the south face and HELIGAN 1¾ on the north face. A large Ordnance Survey benchmark has been carved on to the upper front of the St Austell face. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1396216
Date first listed:: 11-Nov-2010
List Entry Name:: MILESTONE APPROX 137M SOUTH-EAST OF THE MEADOWS
Statutory Address:: MILESTONE APPROX 137M SOUTH-EAST OF THE MEADOWS, B2373

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1396216
Date first listed:: 11-Nov-2010
List Entry Name:: MILESTONE APPROX 137M SOUTH-EAST OF THE MEADOWS
Statutory Address 1:: MILESTONE APPROX 137M SOUTH-EAST OF THE MEADOWS, B2373

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: MILESTONE APPROX 137M SOUTH-EAST OF THE MEADOWS, B2373

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

District:: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Pentewan Valley
National Grid Reference:: SX 00817 47971

Reasons for Designation

The milestone approx 137m south-east of The Meadows, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons. * Intactness: it is intact milestone dating from the 1830s, standing in its original position. * Rarity: an unusual example of a milestone that was erected by a private landowner rather than a turnpike trust to give the distance to a country estate. * Historical Association: it is associated with the Tremayne family who are credited with the creation of the gardens around Heligan House, now known as the Lost Gardens of Heligan.

Details

ST AUSTELL

868/0/10201 B2373 11-NOV-10 (West side) Milestone approx 137m south-east of Th e Meadows

GV II DESCRIPTION: A milestone erected in the 1830s, as a result of improvements made by John Hearle Tremayne to the transportation routes around the Heligan estate. Triangular in plan, with a flat top sloping slightly upwards at the back, the stone stands 0.69 metres high and is painted white with black lettering. It is inscribed St.A 3 on the south face and HELIGAN 1¾ on the north face. A large Ordnance Survey benchmark has been carved on to the upper front of the St Austell face

HISTORY: In the 1820s the road from St Austell to Pentewan was developed for the export on China Clay. In the 1830s John Hearle Tremayne, the squire of the Heligan estate from 1829 to 1851, created a long drive from Pentewan to Heligan to enable horses to bring in coal from St Austell and the milestone was erected at the same time. The milestone is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1880.

SOURCES: Benford, M, Milestone, (2002)

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The milestone approx 137m south-east of The Meadows, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Intactness: it is intact milestone dating from the 1830s, standing in its original position. * Rarity: an unusual example of a milestone that was erected by a private landowner rather than a turnpike trust to give the distance to a country estate. * Historical Association: it is associated with the Tremayne family who are credited with the creation of the gardens around Heligan House, now known as the Lost Gardens of Heligan.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 508366
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.