Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mile Post at NW End of Westgate Street
Castle, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Castle, Cardiff, designated on 13 January 1976.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 13 January 1976
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48090, -3.18391
- Cadw reference
- 14076
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At NW end of Westgate Street.
History
Dated 1835. Ornately moulded cast iron mile-post in Gothic style, the first of a series on the A48 to the west of Cardiff.
Exterior
Rectangular panels at the base, the lower one with date "1835", and the upper one with the words "Cardiff Town". Behind and above this, a tall crowning tablet with curved head, inscribed "Cardiff District". Two pointed headed panels protrude from lower part of this tablet, the left hand one inscribed "To Cowbridge 12" and the right hand one inscribed "To Newport 12". A segmental panel inscribed "London 158" below these and above rectangular panels at base.
Reason for designation
Fine piece of early C19 cast iron work.
Nearby in the register
- West Lodge to Cardiff Castle, including attached Walls & GatewayDomesticunder 1 mi
- Animal Wall, and Gates near Clock TowerGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Offices of Football Association of WalesCommercialunder 1 mi
- Cardiff BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.