Milestone 150m south-east of Morvah Church
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1406889
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone 150m south-east of Morvah Church
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1406889
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone 150m south-east of Morvah Church
- Location Description:
- The milestone is situated at SW 40313 35307 on the east side of the B3306, and approximately 150m south-east of Morvah church. It is recessed into a dry stone granite hedge.
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Morvah
- National Grid Reference:
- SW4031335307
Summary
A milestone, probably of early C18 date.
Reasons for Designation
The milestone to the south-east of Morvah Church is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Intactness: as an intact early-C18 milestone which remains in its original position;
* Historic Interest: as a pre-turnpike example that is situated on a important route between the mines on the north coast and Penzance harbour.
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, including the road between Morvah on the north coast and Madron to the north of Penzance. This road is depicted both on Thomas Martyn's map of 1748 and on Greenwood's county map of 1827. Although the route was not a turnpike, it was important for connecting the mines on the north coast to the harbour at Penzance, the stannary town for West Cornwall. The first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1880 shows four milestones along the course of the road; although only two remain in situ. The milestone approximately 150m to the south-east of Morvah Church marks the distance to Madron and probably dates from the early C18.
Details
A dressed granite milestone which stands on the east side of the road, set into a granite dry stone wall which is not of interest. It is rectangular in plan with a rounded top and is approximately 0.8m high. The front (west) face has a rectangular recessed panel which carries the number 4 in bas relief. The stone itself is painted white with the number picked out in black. A horizontal joint across the face of the stone suggests that it has been repaired.
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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