Milestone on the north side of an unclassified road (formerly the A30), c. 64m to the north-east of Melroy Terrace, West End, Blackwater

Milestone on north side of an unclassified road (formerly the A30), c. 64m to the north-east of Melroy Terrace, West End, Blackwater, Truro, TR4 8EX

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

An early-C18 milestone situated on the north side of the original route of the A30. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1406160
Date first listed:: 21-Feb-2012
List Entry Name:: Milestone on the north side of an unclassified road (formerly the A30), c. 64m to the north-east of Melroy Terrace, West End, Blackwater
Statutory Address:: Milestone on north side of an unclassified road (formerly the A30), c. 64m to the north-east of Melroy Terrace, West End, Blackwater, Truro, TR4 8EX

The Missing Pieces Project

Share your view of unique places.

Add your contribution

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Also of interest

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1406160
Date first listed:: 21-Feb-2012
List Entry Name:: Milestone on the north side of an unclassified road (formerly the A30), c. 64m to the north-east of Melroy Terrace, West End, Blackwater
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: Milestone on north side of an unclassified road (formerly the A30), c. 64m to the north-east of Melroy Terrace, West End, Blackwater, Truro, TR4 8EX

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Milestone on north side of an unclassified road (formerly the A30), c. 64m to the north-east of Melroy Terrace, West End, Blackwater, Truro, TR4 8EX

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

District:: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: St. Agnes
National Grid Reference:: SW7331545820

Summary

An early-C18 milestone situated on the north side of the original route of the A30.

Reasons for Designation

The milestone on the north side of the former A30, c. 64m to the north-east of Melroy Terrace, Blackwater, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic Interest: it is unusually placed on a road that was never turnpiked. * Group Value: it stands in its original location and is one of a group remaining on this road, of which a number are listed.

History

In 1754, the first Cornish turnpike was established. The next 10 years saw the establishment of several new Turnpike Trusts in the county, resulting in the construction of new roads and erection of milestones. There were notable pre-turnpike milestones in the county, including the spine road (the A30) from Mitchell to Hayle. A number of milestones were erected along this section of road in the C18 although it was never adopted as a turnpike road; such roads were not generally furnished with milestones and the origin of these markers has not been established. They were all originally inscribed with L for Lands End, R for Redruth, and P for Penzance, as well as the distances, but seven of the most easterly markers have been partially re-carved and their inscriptions changed to include Penzance and Bodmin. This adaptation occurred in the late C19, following Cornwall County Council's adoption of a number of primary routes that had not been turnpiked.

The milestone on the outskirts of Blackwater dates from the early C18; the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1880 gives the distances that were originally inscribed on the milestone as Redruth (3½) and Lands End (31). In 1995 a by-pass was built around Blackwater and the milestone now stands on an unclassified road.

Details

An early-C18 granite milestone standing on the north side of an unclassified road, c.64m to the north-east of Melroy Terrace, Blackwater. It is square-on-plan with a triangular head, both of which are painted white, and stands 0.68m high. On the north and west sides there are blank recessed faces which would have given the distances to Redruth and Lands End respectively.

Sources

Other
English Heritage, Listing Selection Guide: Street Furniture, (October 2011)

Legal

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