Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14083
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/01/1976
Date of Amendment
17/06/2002
Name of Property
Milepost outside the Western Cemetery
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Ely
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Ely
Easting
312178
Northing
175143
Street Side
N
Location
Outside the Western Cemetery and about 50m west of the main entrance on Cowbridge Road West.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Dated 1835. One of a series of mileposts on the A48 to the west of Cardiff, one of which, for Tythegston Parish, is an exhibit in the Museum of Welsh Life in St. Fagans Community (qv). See also under Cowbridge Road East and Castle Street.
Exterior
Ornately moulded cast-iron mile-post in Gothic style, one of a series on the A48 to the west of Cardiff. Rectangular panel at the base; inscribed 'MICHAELSTONE PARISH'; date panel hidden. Behind and above this, a tall crowning tablet with curved head, inscribed 'CARDIFF DISTRICT'. Two pointed headed panels protrude from lower part of this tablet, the left hand one inscribed 'TO CARDIFF 4', and the right hand one inscribed 'TO COWBRIDGE 8'. Further inscription 'LONDON 162' below these and above rectangular panel at base.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as one of a series of distinctive 1835 mileposts surviving on the Cardiff-Cowbridge turnpike.
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