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
24774
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
14/02/2001  
Date of Amendment
14/02/2001  
Name of Property
Milestone set in the Boundary Wall of Chepstow Racecourse (Piercefield Park)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Chepstow  
Town
Chepstow  
Locality
Piercefield Park  
Easting
351938  
Northing
196295  
Street Side
E  
Location
On the east side of the A466 about 150m south of St Arvans Lodge.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
This milestone was erected as a part of the Chepstow to Abergavenny turnpike which was built in 1760 following theTurnpike Act of 1754. The road was built jointly by the trustees of both towns but the south end would have been in the care of the Chepstow Trust. The section between Crossways Green and St Arvans village seems to have been initiated by Valentine Morris to move the existing public road further away from his house. The milestone was presumably set into the boundary wall of Piercefield Park when that was constructed in 1794. In 1829 it became a part of the more important Wye Valley Turnpike between Chepstow and Monmouth. The trusts were wound up in 1873 and responsibility was passed to the Chepstow Highways Board and later to Monmouthshire County Council.  

Exterior
A milestone which is set into the boundary wall of Chepstow Racecourse (Piercefield Park). It is a cast iron plate set into a larger white stone, with relief lettering : TO CHEPSTOW 2 MILES.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a late C18 turnpike milestone on the A466 Wye Valley road which retains a number of others of different dates as well as the turnpike lodge.  

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