Milepost Near Slade Covert Yoxall, England

Listed Building Data

Milepost Near Slade Covert has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1392737
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
2 September 2008
Name
MILEPOST NEAR SLADE COVERT
Location
MILEPOST NEAR SLADE COVERT, A515
Parish
Yoxall
District
East Staffordshire
County
Staffordshire
Grid Reference
SK 14512 22556
Easting
414511.6000
Northing
322556.4000

Listed Building Reasons

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

This milepost survives well in its original location and forms part of a group, many of which are listed, marking out routes in East Staffordshire. Mileposts are reminders of the growing importance of road transport of people and goods in the C19. As a good example of a milepost in situ it fully merits listing.

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

YOXALL

171/0/10023 A515 02-SEP-08 Milepost near Slade Covert

GV II Milepost. C19. Hollow cast iron triangular with sloping top. Painted white with raised lettering in black and black painted base. Inscription reads: Left: YOXALL 2 ½ KINGS BROMLEY 4 ½ LICHFIELD 10 Right: MARCHINGTON 6 ¼ SUDBURY 6 ½ ASHBOURNE 16 ½ Top: YOXALL

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: This milepost survives well in its original location and forms part of a group, many of which are listed, marking out routes in East Staffordshire. Mileposts are reminders of the growing importance of road transport of people and goods in the C19. As a good example of a milepost in situ it fully merits listing.

SK1451222556