Milestone Circa 50M North-east of Railway Bridge
MILESTONE CIRCA 50M NORTH-EAST OF RAILWAY BRIDGE, A39
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1396421
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone Circa 50M North-east of Railway Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- MILESTONE CIRCA 50M NORTH-EAST OF RAILWAY BRIDGE, A39
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1396421
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone Circa 50M North-east of Railway Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILESTONE CIRCA 50M NORTH-EAST OF RAILWAY BRIDGE, A39
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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 CIRCA 50M NORTH-EAST OF RAILWAY BRIDGE, A39
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Truro
- National Grid Reference:
- SW8190043537
Reasons for Designation
The milestone circa 50m north-east of railway bridge on the A39, Truro, is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* Intactness: It is an intact milestone dating from 1829, which is in almost its original position
* Group Value: it has group value with other listed milestones along this turnpike route
* Historic Interest: it testifies to the great wave of C18 road improvement, undertaken by Turnpike Trusts
Details
TRURO
880-1/0/10012 A39 25-JAN-11 Milestone circa 50m north-east of rail way bridge
GV II The milestone dates from circa 1829, and is of stone.
EXTERIOR: It is rectangular in plan, stands approximately 0.94m high, with a segmental-arched top, and is painted white. The stone is inscribed with the letters FROM / TRURO / 1 / MILE, which are picked out in black paint. The letters are sans serif capitals. There is an incised benchmark below the lettering on the front face.
HISTORY: 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 Truro Turnpike Trust, the first in Cornwall, was established by Act of Parliament in 1754. One of the roads specifically mentioned in the Act was to lead from Truro via Calenick smelting-house, Higher Carnon, Cassaws Water, Penryn, and a milestone at the one-mile point on this route is marked on C & J Greenwood's map of Cornwall, published in 1827. The line of the road was altered immediately after this date, to allow for a less steep climb at this point, and the new route, which is followed by the present A39, opened in 1829. This milestone stands on the new route, at the one-mile mark, evidently replacing the earlier stone within Calenick village.
The milestone is marked near its current position on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1880, though it is now situated on the opposite side of the road from its earlier site. The road was straightened in the 1970s, creating a loop of the earlier road which is now a lay-by, and it appears that the stone was removed from its original position during this work, being later reinstated in its current position, just across the highway.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The milestone circa 50m north-east of railway bridge on the A39, Truro, is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * Intactness: it is an intact milestone dating from 1829, which is in almost its original position * Group Value: it has group value with other listed milestones along this turnpike route * Historic Interest: it testifies to the great wave of C18 road improvement, undertaken by Turnpike Trusts
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 508973
- 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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