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
17833
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/05/1996
Date of Amendment
30/05/1996
Name of Property
Telford Milestone (43)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Betws-y-Coed
Town
Betws-y-Coed
Locality
Swallow Falls
Easting
277173
Northing
357554
Street Side
N
Location
Located on the N side of the main trunk road (A5) at the western approach to Betws-y-Coed, some 500m E of the Swallow Falls Hotel; set against a (later) rubble wall.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
Georgian
History
Following the Act of Union in 1801, a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. As well as overseeing the work, Thomas Telford also designed every detail of the road, and this milestone is one of a number designed for it. Milestones between Bangor and Cernioge were erected in the period between 1825 and February 1827.
Exterior
Dressed Anglesey limestone slab, with shallow triangular head and raking chamfered sides. Cast iron inset plate, white lettering on black reading: HOLY- / HEAD / 43 / C. CURIG / 3M - 5 F / CERNIOGE / 10M – 6F. Bench mark on stone below plate.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of one of Telford's milestones retaining its cast iron plate.
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