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
19265
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/01/1998
Date of Amendment
07/12/2022
Name of Property
Finger Post at Pen-y-bont Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Crucorney
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Llanvihangel Crucorney
Easting
332475
Northing
220858
Street Side
SE
Location
Outside Bridge Cottage at Pen-y-bont about 300m north of Llanvihangel Crucorney.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
Victorian
History
Erected by Monmouth County Council after the 1888 Local Government Act gave responsibility for roads to each County Council, so late C19 or early C20, but first shown on the 1945 OS map in the middle of the road from Llanvihangel Crucorney.
The arm pointing to Llanthony was missing when inspected in 1998, now repaired / or more likely replaced (2022).
Exterior
Cast iron finger post with cylindrical base and fluted shaft, banded black-and-white, and surmounted by a pyramidal finial. Three moveable arms with pointing fingers: LONGTOWN 6 MILES / ABERGAVENNY 4 1/2 MILES / LLANTHONY 6 MILES.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included, notwithstanding the replacement of one of the arms, for its special interest, as a good surviving example of a late C19 / early C20 fingerpost, a type of street furniture once common but now increasingly rare.
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