Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
25525
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/07/2001
Date of Amendment
18/07/2001
Name of Property
Pair of Mileposts in W boundary wall to Lidl car park
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Heath
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Birchgrove
Easting
316753
Northing
180777
Street Side
E
Location
Situated to rear of pavement and set into low modern brick wall topped by railings along W side of supermarket car park.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
1830s cast-iron milepost dating from the turnpike trust improvements to Cardiff-Caerphilly-Merthyr road.
Probably later C18 stone milepost on same road transport route.
Exterior
Two mileposts, one of cast-iron to left and the other of roughly dressed stonework to right, set into modern concrete and probably resited from elsewhere in Caerphilly Road. Triangular cast-iron post with sloping top and rolled edge mouldings bears raised lettering: "ROATH 3 1/4" in triangular head. N facet of upright inscribed: "CARDIFF 3 Miles" and S facet: "CAERPH-ILLY 4 1/4 Miles".
Earlier, battered rectangular stone (about 1m high) bears incised but eroded lettering possibly reading: "From Cardiff ... Miles".
Interior
Reason for designation
Though the milestone is very eroded and both have been resited, these two mile markers are of special interest as illustrating the progressive history of road transport in Glamorgan.
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