Milepost on the west side of the A3400, c.285m north-north-west of Broadmoor Lodge
Milepost c.285m north-north-west of Broadmoor Lodge, A3400, Little Wolford, Stratford-on-Avon
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1402230
- Date first listed:
- 19-Dec-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Milepost on the west side of the A3400, c.285m north-north-west of Broadmoor Lodge
- Statutory Address:
- Milepost c.285m north-north-west of Broadmoor Lodge, A3400, Little Wolford, Stratford-on-Avon
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1402230
- Date first listed:
- 19-Dec-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Milepost on the west side of the A3400, c.285m north-north-west of Broadmoor Lodge
- Statutory Address 1:
- Milepost c.285m north-north-west of Broadmoor Lodge, A3400, Little Wolford, Stratford-on-Avon
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:
- Milepost c.285m north-north-west of Broadmoor Lodge, A3400, Little Wolford, Stratford-on-Avon
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Little Wolford
- National Grid Reference:
- SP2645636203
Summary
A cast-iron milepost, erected probably about 1818
Reasons for Designation
The early-C19 milepost on the west side of the A3400, c.285m north-north-west of Broadmoor Lodge, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: as a particularly ornate example of a utilitarian structure;
* Rarity: as a rare example of an ornate early-C19 milepost standing in its original position;
* Historic interest: as testament to the continued wave of road improvement throughout the C19, following the widespread C18 development of turnpike roads.
History
The Stratford-upon-Avon to Long Compton turnpike trust was established by Act of Parliament in 1729 and a turnpiked road was subsequently established from Bridge Town in the parish of Old Stratford to the top of Long Compton Hill. A series of mileposts were erected about 1818 when the turnpike was extended from Long Compton to the Inn at Chapel House to the south-east. A milepost in the same sequence is depicted on this new stretch of road on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1887, but does not seem to be extant. The milepost was restored in 2017.
Details
A milepost, erected probably about 1818, consisting of a cylindrical-fluted base onto which is surmounted a tall, fluted cast-iron shaft with decorative enrichment of bud-like form to the lower section. The shaft supports decorative wrought-iron scrollwork arms with simple acanthus leaf embellishment; the arms support an early-C21 wooden place name board (original not extant). At the top of the shaft there is further acanthus leaf decorative work.
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 05/03/2018
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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