Milestone Stretton, England
Listed Building Data
Milestone 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1392450
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 6 March 2008
- Name
- MILESTONE
- Location
- MILESTONE, LONDON ROAD
- Parish
- Stretton
- District
- Warrington
- Grid Reference
- SJ 61743 83303
- Easting
- 361743.2260
- Northing
- 383302.6290
Listed Building Reasons
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Late C19 cast iron milestone representing significant historic interest as a physical marker of the area's transport history.
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
STRETTON
64/0/10016 LONDON ROAD 06-MAR-08 (East side) Milestone
II Milestone, 1896, cast iron. Triangular, downwards sloping top, hollow back. Cast lettering reads 'CHESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 1896' (top); 'GREAT BUDWORTH 5 MILES, NORTHWICH 8' )left); 'STOCKTON HEATH 1 3/4 MILES, WARRINGTON 3' (right).
HISTORY: Milestone erected in 1896 on the east side of London Road/A49, formerly an C18 turnpike road.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: Late C19 cast iron milestone representing significant historic interest as a physical marker of the area's transport history. SJ6174383303
