Milestone Outside Pool Methodist Chapel
MILESTONE OUTSIDE POOL METHODIST CHAPEL, AGAR ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1396217
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone Outside Pool Methodist Chapel
- Statutory Address:
- MILESTONE OUTSIDE POOL METHODIST CHAPEL, AGAR ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1396217
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone Outside Pool Methodist Chapel
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILESTONE OUTSIDE POOL METHODIST CHAPEL, AGAR 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 OUTSIDE POOL METHODIST CHAPEL, AGAR ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Carn Brea
- National Grid Reference:
- SW6713541553
Reasons for Designation
The milestone outside Pool Methodist Chapel, Agar Road, Carn Brea, erected in the first half of the C18, is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: the stone is a good example of a rare pre-turnpike milestone
* Group interest: the stone forms part of a well defined pre-turnpike route which includes other designated examples. The milestone also stands outside a designated chapel.
Details
CARN BREA
1535/0/10065 AGAR ROAD 11-NOV-10 Milestone outside Pool Methodist Chapel
GV II DESCRIPTION: A milestone erected in the first half of the C18.
The roughly dressed granite pillar stands 1.33m high and is 0.32m square in section, tapering to a rounded top. The lower part of the stone is a modern granite replacement. The inscription is in bold relief up to 2.5cm proud of the surface. The northern face reads 26 / L and the east face 16 / P. The L refers to Lands End and the P to Penzance. A 4cm diameter hole in the western face suggests that the stone may have been re-used for another purpose at one time.
HISTORY: In the period before the Turnpike Trusts were set up from the middle of the C18, the roads in Cornwall were poor and were indeed little more than bridleways capable of carrying carts and coaches occasionally. Despite this, a small number of these routes were marked by milestones and in particular a string of stones leading from Mitchell, near Newquay, to Land's End are considered to represent a pre-turnpike route. A total of 17 milestones associated with this route are known to survive and although many have been altered, some, including this one, are believed to date to the first half of the C18. The road adjacent to this stone was incorporated into the turnpike system in 1825 when new milestones were erected. The stone was originally on the northern side of the road and was moved a short distance to its current location sometime after 1963.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The milestone outside Pool Methodist Chapel, Agar Road, Carn Brea, erected in the first half of the C18, is designated Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: the stone is a good example of a rare pre-turnpike milestone * Group interest: the stone forms part of a well defined pre-turnpike route which includes other designated examples. The milestone also stands outside a designated chapel.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 508046
- 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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