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
27005
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/10/2002
Date of Amendment
21/10/2002
Name of Property
Milestone near Pont Rhyd-hir
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Faenor
Town
Aberystwyth
Locality
Pont Rhyd-hir
Easting
261959
Northing
283704
Street Side
E
Location
Situated on the E side of the A487 just S of the railway bridge at Pont Rhyd-hir.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Late C18 or early C19 cast-iron mileplate set into milestone on old turnpike road.
Exterior
Cast iron mileplate with curved top, some 45cm wide by 65cm high, set into white painted stone milestone approximately 1m high. Painted cast plate inscribed 'ABERYSTWYTH 3 MILES'.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for transport history interest marking route of an old turnpike road.
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