Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milepost outside No. 243 Albany Road
Penylan, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cardiff, Penylan, designated on 21 September 2018.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 21 September 2018
- Welsh name
- Postyn Milltir y tu allan i Rif 243 Heol Albany
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Penylan
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.49323, -3.15898
- Cadw reference
- 87772
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
On the N side of Albany Road, almost opposite the junction with Roath Court Place.
History
Shown on the 1st ed OS map of 1886, when the Albany Road area had yet to be developed for housing. Probably dating to the early/mid C19 and part of the Cardiff-Caerphilly turnpike operated by the Cardiff District Turnpike trust under a Turnpike Act of 1827. Similar mileposts survive along the Turnpike network in Cardiff.
Exterior
Cast iron milepost, triangular form facing to Albany Road. Painted white with black lettering, slight plinth and beaded edging. Chamfered top with ‘CAERPHILLY 7 ¹’, left side with ‘NEWPORT ROAD ¼ MILE’, right side with ‘MERTHYR ROAD 2 MILES’.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a good surviving example of an early/mid C19 turnpike milepost, one of a series of similar mileposts in the Cardiff area.
Nearby in the register
- Telephone call box adjoining boundary wall of Roath CourtCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Roath CourtReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St MargaretReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St Andrews United Reformed ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.