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
20212
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Milestone
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Chirk
Easting
329086
Northing
337595
Street Side
S
Location
The milestone is set against a wall at the rounded corner between the Holyhead Road and Castle Road, opposite the church.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The plate states it was placed in position by Wrexham District Council in 1894. The stone may be earlier and one of the various earlier series of turnpike milestones on the Holyhead Road.
Exterior
A silicaceous stone with a rounded top and bearing a cast iron plate inscribed with raised lettering reading WREXHAM DISTRICT 1894 DCC, and below:
M F
WREXHAM 10 2
CHIRK
GLYN 6 8
LLANARMON D C 11 1
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a milestone of interest as it bears a plate of late C19 date giving the mileage in miles and furlongs.
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