Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626
Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1419232
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jan-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626
- Statutory Address:
- Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1419232
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jan-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626
- Statutory Address 1:
- Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626
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:
- Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- Basingstoke and Deane (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Highclere
- National Grid Reference:
- SU4451762607
Details
SU44696271
186/0/10039
HIGHCLERE,
Milestone on A343 at approximately NGR 445 626
II
Milestone. Late C18. Painted stone. Broached square base, cylindrical shaft and polygonal top. Inscribed: Sarum 31, Newbury 3, Andover 13 and Oxford 29. Bench mark carved on shaft. The Andover and Chilton Pond turnpike was opened in 1766 and this is one of a series of similar milestones on the turnpike.
An unusual example of a late C18 milestone.
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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