Milestone 120m south east of Alton Lodge

Approximately 120m south east of Alton Lodge, Ashby Road, Ravenstone, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 2AA

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Overview

A milestone on the Leicester to Ashby turnpike road (operational from 1753 to 1874) and probably of C18 date with a C19 plate. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1464530
Date first listed:: 12-Aug-2019
List Entry Name:: Milestone 120m south east of Alton Lodge
Statutory Address:: Approximately 120m south east of Alton Lodge, Ashby Road, Ravenstone, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 2AA

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1464530
Date first listed:: 12-Aug-2019
List Entry Name:: Milestone 120m south east of Alton Lodge
Location Description:: Milestone at NGR SK3943714395. It is out in the country between Ravenstone and Ashby De La Zouch just over half a mile from Ravenstone on Ashby Road before Alton Lodge. If the grass is long it is difficult to see. It is on the south side of the road just in front of the hedge.
Statutory Address 1:: Approximately 120m south east of Alton Lodge, Ashby Road, Ravenstone, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 2AA

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Approximately 120m south east of Alton Lodge, Ashby Road, Ravenstone, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 2AA

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

County:: Leicestershire
District:: North West Leicestershire (District Authority)
Parish:: Ravenstone with Snibstone
National Grid Reference:: SK3945914379

Summary

A milestone on the Leicester to Ashby turnpike road (operational from 1753 to 1874) and probably of C18 date with a C19 plate.

Reasons for Designation

The milestone approximately 120 metres south east of Alton Lodge, Leicestershire, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:

* for its use of good quality stone and cast-iron to display the lettering.

Historic interest:

* for its association with the development of a major transport route in the C18 from Leicester to Ashby.

Group value:

* with the other original milestones along this route.

History

Turnpike roads, which levied tolls from travellers to finance road improvements, were established in the 1660s, but the main period of growth took place in the next century. Turnpike trusts were authorised by Acts of Parliament to build, maintain and operate the toll roads and the first to be set up in Leicestershire were the Loughborough to Leicester and the Harborough to Leicester Trusts in 1726. The turnpike road running from Leicester to Ashby was established in 1753 and was in operation until 1874.

Milestones are marked on the route of the turnpike on John Prior’s 1777 Map of Leicestershire, including at this location, which is marked ‘14’ to denote its distance in miles from the City of Leicester. This milestone probably dates from the C18, although the cast-iron plate is likely to be a C19 addition, and it is shown at this location on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1883.

Details

Milestone on the former Ashby to Leicester turnpike road, probably of C18 date with an iron plate added in the C19.

MATERIALS: stone with a cast-iron plate.

DESCRIPTION: the milestone stands on the south side of Ashby Road. It comprises a stone slab with rounded top and cast-iron plate. The plate is painted black with raised lettering picked out in white paint that reads: TO/ ASHBY/ DELAZOUCH/ 3/ TO/ LEICESTER/ 14. A triangulation benchmark is inscribed into the face of the milestone below the plate.

Sources

Websites
Leicestershire and Rutland HER on Heritage Gateway: Turnpike Road, Leicester to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, accessed 30/05/2019 from https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLE20653&resourceID=1021

Legal

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