Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
17412
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1996
Date of Amendment
01/04/1996
Name of Property
Milestone
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanfair Caereinion
Town
Locality
Rhos Fawr
Easting
312173
Northing
306336
Street Side
N
Location
Located in the road verge, approximately 100m west of the driveway to Rhôs fawr farm.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Exterior
History: A milestone erected by a Montgomeryshire Turnpike Trust, probably in the later C18, on the road from Llanfair Caereinion to Welshpool.
Description: A sandstone pillar with slightly tapering sides and rounded top (damaged), inscribed with well cut elegant lettering reading:
To / POOL / 6 / Mile / Llnfair / 1.
Included as a good example of an inscribed milestone surviving from the early turnpiking of the road.
Interior
Reason for designation
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