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Milestone approximately 356m north-east of Merry Meeting Farm

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Milestone of mid-C19 date. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1410393
Date first listed:: 30-Jul-2012
List Entry Name:: Milestone approximately 356m north-east of Merry Meeting Farm

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1410393
Date first listed:: 30-Jul-2012
List Entry Name:: Milestone approximately 356m north-east of Merry Meeting Farm
Location Description:: Milestone, set into the hedge bank, approximately 356m north-east of Merry Meeting Farm, on the east side of an unclassified road (the former A30) NGR SW6227439964, Camborne, Cornwall.

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.

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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.

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Location

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District:: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Camborne
National Grid Reference:: SW6227439964

Summary

Milestone of mid-C19 date

Reasons for Designation

The milestone approximately 356m north-east of Merry Meeting Farm, Camborne is designated at Grade II for the following reasons: * Intactness: as an intact milestone which remains in its original position and was associated with the Redruth to Hayle turnpike (1839); * Historic interest: the milestone was erected when there was an increase in freight traffic associated with the growing mining industry in the area; * Group Value: it forms a group with other surviving milestones along the Redruth to Hayle turnpike.

History

The opening of the Hayle Causeway in 1825 brought about a desire to develop a new turnpike to link Redruth with Hayle to improve transport and trading opportunities for the mines in the area. An Act (“Vc.12) enabling the construction of a turnpike along the route was passed on 14th May 1839. Carved granite milestones were erected along the turnpike from Redruth, through Camborne to the Hayle Causeway, and thence to Penzance along the current route of the A30. All of these milestones were of a similar size and style, with lettering cut flush into the face of the stone. Over the years, these stones suffered attritional damage requiring the turnpike trust to re-inscribe the lettering.

Details

A dressed and painted mid-C19 (c1839) granite milestone adjacent to an un-classified road (former A30), set on the eastern side within the hedge bank, 356m north east of Merry Meeting Farm. The base of the milestone is buried within the hedge bank. A triangular shaft with a pyramidal cap stands to a height of 71cm (28 inches). The panels are incised with 32mm (1¼ inch) high letters that have been increased in size to 50mm (2 inches) by painting over the margins. The northern panel carries the inscription HAYLE 4 MILES PENZANCE 12 LANDS END 22 , and the southern panel is inscribed CAMBORNE 2 MILES REDRUTH 5 TRURO 14. The triangular shaft has suffered some wear to the arrises, it is painted white and the inscribed letters are picked out in black.

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