Milestone, approximately 150m north-west of Widbrook Bridge, Trowbridge Road A363

Milestone, Approximately 150m north-west of Widbrook Bridge, Trowbridge Road, Bradford-on-Avon

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Overview

A milestone, dating from around 1792. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1483447
Date first listed:: 06-Dec-2022
List Entry Name:: Milestone, approximately 150m north-west of Widbrook Bridge, Trowbridge Road A363
Statutory Address:: Milestone, Approximately 150m north-west of Widbrook Bridge, Trowbridge Road, Bradford-on-Avon

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1483447
Date first listed:: 06-Dec-2022
List Entry Name:: Milestone, approximately 150m north-west of Widbrook Bridge, Trowbridge Road A363
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: Milestone, Approximately 150m north-west of Widbrook Bridge, Trowbridge Road, Bradford-on-Avon
Statutory Address 2:: Milestone, approximately 150m north-west of Widbrook Bridge, Trowbridge Road, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1UA

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Milestone, Approximately 150m north-west of Widbrook Bridge, Trowbridge Road, Bradford-on-Avon
Statutory Address:: Milestone, approximately 150m north-west of Widbrook Bridge, Trowbridge Road, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1UA

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Bradford-on-Avon
National Grid Reference:: ST8333559833

Summary

A milestone, dating from around 1792.

Reasons for Designation

The milestone about 150m north-west of Widbrook Bridge on Trowbridge Road (A363), Bradford-on-Avon is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:

* it is a good example of a simple stone milestone with intact cast-iron plate and well-preserved lettering.

Historic interest:

* it is a testament to the wave of road improvement and the introduction of turnpikes which facilitated the transport needs of this part of Wiltshire in the C18 and C19.

Group value:

* it is one of a series of mileposts built along the Trowbridge to Bath route for this turnpike trust that are listed.

History

The road between Bradford-on-Avon and Cockhill Gate, now in Trowbridge, was turnpiked in 1752 by the Bradford Turnpike Trust. A further turnpike road extending from Bradford to Bath was built in 1792, becoming the New Bath Road (now forming part of the A363). It is understood that milestones were erected along the whole of the Trowbridge to Bath route in 1792 when the new road was established. Of the original ten milestones, eight remain in situ in 2022, of which two are listed, while another no longer retains its cast-iron plate. The milestone was moved a small distance from its original location on the west side of Trowbridge Road to its current location on the east side during road widening sometime in the mid- to late C20.

Details

Milestone, dating to the late C18, attributed to the Bradford Turnpike Trust.

DESCRIPTION: the stone is rectangular on plan and has an arched top. It bears a rectangular, cast-iron plate which contains the following incised wording: ‘TO / BATH / 9’ in black lettering. The stone appears to have broken in half at some stage, just below the plate, and has been repaired.

Sources

Websites
Bradford on Avon Museum, Bradford Hundred Turnpike Roads, accessed 23 August 2022 from https://www.bradfordonavonmuseum.co.uk/turnpikes
Heritage Gateway, Milestone, Trowbridge Road; Bradford on Avon; opposite junction Moulton Drive, accessed 23 August 2022 from https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=3393115&resourceID=1972

Legal

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