Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14078
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/01/1976
Date of Amendment
08/11/2001
Name of Property
Milepost outside No.240
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Canton
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Canton
Easting
316319
Northing
176598
Street Side
N
Location
The milepost is situated just to the west of the junction with Pen-y-peel Road.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Dated 1835. One of a series of mileposts on the A48 to the west of Cardiff, one of which, for Tythegston Parish, is an exhibit in the Museum of Welsh Life in St. Fagans Community (qv).
Exterior
Ornately moulded cast-iron mile-post in Gothic style. Rectangular panels at the base, the lower one with date '1835' and the upper one with the words 'LANDAFF PARISH'. Behind and above this, a tall crowning tablet with curved head, inscribed 'CARDIFF DISTRICT'. Two pointed headed panels protrude from the lower part of this tablet, the left hand one inscribed 'TO CARDIFF 1', and the right hand one inscribed 'TO COWBRIDGE 11'. A segmental panel inscribed 'LONDON 159' below these and above rectangular panels at base.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as one of a series of 1835 mileposts surviving on the Cardiff-Cowbridge turnpike.
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