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
15992
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/05/1995
Date of Amendment
26/05/1995
Name of Property
Mile Post
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Meifod
Town
Locality
Pontysgawrhyd
Easting
319172
Northing
315996
Street Side
SW
Location
Located in the road verge under the hedge, on the straight section of road across the valley between Pont Ysgawrhyd and Ystumcolwyn.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Exterior
Mile post or marker, c.1820 for the Montgomeryshire Turnpike Trust.
Cast iron. Triangular plan with sloping top rising to rounded back plate.
Raised cast lettering reading, on SE face, LLANFYLLIN 5 - M; on NW face: WELSHPOOL 7 - M; and on backplate: LAKE VYRNWY / / 16 - M
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as the sole surviving mile marker on the Welshpool to Llanfyllin turnpiked road.
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