Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
15437
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/12/1994
Date of Amendment
29/12/1994
Name of Property
Milestone at Roadside NW of Wernfield House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llandrinio
Town
Locality
Wern
Easting
326065
Northing
314274
Street Side
W
Location
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Milestone. Later C18.
Exterior
Tapered limestone pillar with gabled top, incised lettering crudely overpainted, reading "Miles PooL 5/Oswestry 10". One of a series of mile markers probably erected after the first Montgomeryshire Turnpike Act, 29 Geo II. of 1756 for the road from Pool to Wrexham.
Interior
Reason for designation
This milestone, with others along A483 and B4392, are significant historical survivals from the century of road construction and maintenance in Mid Wales after c.1750.
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