Listed Building: MILESTONE OPPOSITE NUMBER 66 (THE MILE HOUSE) (1312763)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 202, 4, 64
Date assigned 09 December 1983
Date last amended

Description

SJ 97 SW HURDSFIELD C.P. RAINOW ROAD (East side) 4/64 Milestone opposite No.66 (The Mile House) II Milestone : late C18. Triangular-sectioned, whitewashed, buff sandstone block with a shaped top. Black-painted inscription on the north face reads "To Macclesfield lM" and on south face "To Chapel 10M, Sheffield, 32M, Chesterfield" The distance now hidden in the pavement. Similar examples survive on the former Macclesfield to Chapel-en-le-Frith turnpike of 1770 in Rainow (4), Kettleshulme (q.v.) and Lyme Handley. Listing NGR: SJ9319374547

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 57979. [Mapped features: #3745 57979; #9050 57979]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 9319 7454 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ97SW
Civil Parish HIGHER HURDSFIELD, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Mar 6 2012 1:26PM