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
18991
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
15/10/1997  
Date of Amendment
15/10/1997  
Name of Property
Milepost at Gelli-deg  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire  
Community
Lampeter Velfrey  
Town
 
Locality
Gelli-deg  
Easting
214155  
Northing
212548  
Street Side
N  
Location
700 m E of Prince's Gate.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
A milepost on one of the roads which were shown on the map in the 1844 Inquiry Report as managed by the Tavernspite Turnpike Trust. The Trust appears to be of C18 origin. It was controlled under an act of 1808. Following the Rebecca riots all Pembrokeshire turnpike roads were taken over in 1845 by the County Roads Board. It was probably after this consolidation that the foundry of Joseph Marychurch, Haverfordwest, cast the plates for the mileposts.  

Exterior
Milepost consisting of two cast-iron plates each with its top pointed. The plates are butted together at 90 degrees, fixed to a solid backing but not fixed to each other. The W-facing plate reads '19 miles 760 yards to Carmarthen'. The E-facing plate reads '2 miles to Narberth'. Both plates have the wording 'Marychurch Foundry' in smaller lettering at the foot. This milepost is the fourth on the Tavernspite turnpike.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as a C19 cast-iron milepost of distinctive local type.  

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