Milestone in front of 161 Congleton Road
161 Congleton Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-trent, ST8 6QJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1471014
- Date first listed:
- 05-Mar-2021
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone in front of 161 Congleton Road
- Statutory Address:
- 161 Congleton Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-trent, ST8 6QJ
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1471014
- Date first listed:
- 05-Mar-2021
- List Entry Name:
- Milestone in front of 161 Congleton Road
- Location Description:
- Located on the pavement side of the boundary wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- 161 Congleton Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-trent, ST8 6QJ
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:
- 161 Congleton Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-trent, ST8 6QJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Biddulph
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ8876358434
Summary
A late C18 milestone erected by the Tunstall and Bosley Turnpike Trust.
Reasons for Designation
The Milestone in front of 161 Congleton Road, Biddulph is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural Interest:
* As a well-executed milestone, carved in an unusual design specific to this area of Staffordshire.
Historic Interest:
* As an example of a late C18 milestone, demonstrating the expansion and standardisation of the road network in Staffordshire around the time of the General Turnpike Act of 1773, when the recording of mileage was made compulsory.
History
The road to Congleton through Biddulph was turnpiked in 1770 and milestones were erected along this route by the Turnpike Trusts for New Biddulph and Tunstall to Bosley. These are suggested to have been erected before 1800 and are all carved in the same style, which is believed to be unique to this locality.
The milestone to the front of 161 Congleton Road was erected by the Tunstall to Bosley Turnpike Trust. It is suggested to be the only survivor of a set of milestones running north to Biddulph from Newcastle under Lyme.
In 2004 the milestone was removed from its original position, on the roadside in front of 157 Congleton Road, to make way for a driveway. It was replaced in front of the boundary wall to 161 Congleton Road in 2007.
Details
A late C18 milestone erected by the Tunstall and Bosley Turnpike Trust.
MATERIALS AND PLAN: the milestone is triangular on plan and is carved from local gritstone, suggested to have been sourced from the Bridestone quarry.
DESCRIPTION: the milestone is situated on the pavement side of the front boundary wall to 161 Congleton Road. It has notched shoulders and its road facing aspect is chamfered to create two gently angled faces. The inscription on both faces is very worn, and while there is some disagreement between sources, it is believed to read, ‘TO/ CONGLETON/ 3 1/2 MILES/ TO/ MACCLESFIELD/ 11 MILES/ TO/ NEWCASTLE/ 9 MILES’.
Sources
Websites
'Tunstall', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8, ed. J G Jenkins (London, 1963), pp. 81-104. British History Online, accessed 10 June 2020 from http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol8/pp81-104
Other
Higgins, J, 'Staffordshire Milestones (and Canal Milestones, Boundary Markers and Guideposts), Milestone No. ST/BID/02', (2000), The Milestone Society
Higgins, J, 'A Sylloge of Mile Markers in Staffordshire' (2008), The Milestone Society and Staffordshire County Council
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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