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
21077
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
23/12/1998  
Date of Amendment
18/06/2020  
Name of Property
Telford Milestone (14)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Llangristiolus  
Town
Bodorgan  
Locality
Rhostrehwfa  
Easting
243978  
Northing
374406  
Street Side
N  
Location
Set back from the N side of the A5(T), c500m E of the B4422 crossroads leading to Bethel to the S and Rhostrehwfa to the N.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

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. The completion of the stage between Holyhead and Menai Bridge saw all the milestones across Anglesey and into Bangor erected between 1825 and February 1826.  

Exterior
Dressed Anglesey limestone slab, with shallow triangular head and raking chamfered sides. Cast iron inset plate, white lettering on black reading: HOLY- / HEAD / 14 / MONA / 1 / BANGOR / 11. Set in front of a rubble arch incorporated into a boundary wall: a now-overgrown example of a “Telford Arch,” thought to have been designed to enhance and draw attention to the milestone.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding some damage to the plinth, as a fine example of one of Telford's milestones retaining its cast iron plate.  

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