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
81790
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
14/08/2003  
Date of Amendment
14/08/2003  
Name of Property
The Waterloo Stone  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant  
Town
 
Locality
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant village  
Easting
312250  
Northing
326152  
Street Side
 
Location
In a field at north side of the village street and west of the River Rhaeadr, reached by a private passage at the side of New Mills.  

Description


Broad Class
 
Period
 

History
The stone appears to be an old dressed stone reused to commemorate Waterloo, as it was damaged at the left side prior to the carving of the inscription, which is conspicuously off-centre. The carving of the lettering is in a style consistent with the date displayed. The stone has evidently been brought to its present location from elsewhere. The field in which it stands is named Cae Pit in the Tithe Survey (1839). The stone is not indicated on the 1st edition of the large scale Ordnance Survey of 1886, but it has been in its present location at least from before the second World War. It stands on a raised bank which was formerly at the side of the leat to the fulling mill near the bridge.  

Exterior
A single piece of slate, roughly triangular in section, with one smooth face on which are carved the words "Cae / Waterloo / GB / 1815", plus a simple foliage motif at the top. The carved letters etc have been picked out in white paint. To the right side of the lettering the edge of the stone is chamfered. The stone is splitting slightly at the top and has been bound with a thick iron wire. It has been re-erected on a rough concrete base.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
A monument of the Regency period, commemorating the victory at Waterloo.  

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