Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14085
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/01/1976
Date of Amendment
18/07/2002
Name of Property
Milepost on railway bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Fairwater
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Fairwater
Easting
314730
Northing
176955
Street Side
N
Location
On the north side of Cowbridge Road on the railway bridge spanning the Cardiff-Swansea line.
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). See also under Cowbridge Road East and Castle Street.
Exterior
Ornately moulded cast-iron mile-post in Gothic style, one of a series on the A48 to the west of Cardiff. Rectangular panels at the base; the lower one visible 1972 and bearing the date '1835', but now hidden; the upper one inscribed 'CARDIFF DISTRICT'. Two pointed headed panels protrude from lower part of this tablet, the left hand one inscribed 'TO CARDIFF 2', and the right hand one inscribed 'TO COWBRIDGE 10'. Further inscription 'LONDON 160' below these and above rectangular panel at base inscribed 'Landaff Parish'.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as one of a series of well designed mileposts surviving on the former Cardiff-Cowbridge turnpike.
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