Milestone 60m north-east of Arrington Nurseries
Milestone c. 60m north-east of Arrington Nurseries, Ermine Street, Arrington, Cambridgeshire
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439261
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone 60m north-east of Arrington Nurseries
- Statutory Address:
- Milestone c. 60m north-east of Arrington Nurseries, Ermine Street, Arrington, Cambridgeshire
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1439261
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone 60m north-east of Arrington Nurseries
- Statutory Address 1:
- Milestone c. 60m north-east of Arrington Nurseries, Ermine Street, Arrington, Cambridgeshire
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 c. 60m north-east of Arrington Nurseries, Ermine Street, Arrington, Cambridgeshire
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Arrington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL3297749678
Summary
Milestone dating to the C18 or C19.
Reasons for Designation
Milestone 44, dating to the C18 or C19, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: it is a good example of an C18 or C19 milestone that remains legible, and is one of a series of milestones erected on the Old North Road, the majority of which are listed;
* Group value: it has group value with the late C17 Chestnut Cottage to the north, and the late C18 Eight Elms Farm to the south-east, both listed at Grade II.
History
Milestones, along with mileposts and guideposts, are one of the most widespread forms of street furniture. Roads undergo such considerable alteration that they can be of particular note as testaments to the development of our transport network, and as reminders of the different perceptions of distance in a pre-motorised age. Milestones became prevalent in the mid-C18 when turnpike trusts were encouraged to provide such markers. Initially they were carved out of stone and a variety of forms are still evident around the country.
The milestone just outside Arrington dates to the C18 or early C19. It is one of a series of milestones located along the former turnpike route and is the 44th from Shoreditch Church in London. It is depicted on the six inch Ordnance Survey maps from 1891 to 1947 but was then moved circa 75m to the S.
Details
Milestone dating to the C18 or early C19.
MATERIALS: limestone.
PLAN: the milestone is situated S of the village of Arrington, on the W side of the A1198 (Ermine Street), circa 60m NE of Arrington Nurseries.
EXTERIOR: the milestone is a rectangular block of rough-hewn stone circa 33cm high, stop-chamfered with a bull-nosed top. It is inscribed with black painted lettering ARRINGTON/ LONDON/ 44/ ROYSTON/ 6/ CAXTON/ 6.
Sources
Websites
'Arrington', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire, Volume 1, West Cambridgshire (London, 1968), pp. 1-4. British History Online, accessed 2 September 2016 from http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/vol1/pp1-4
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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