Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milepost outside No. 7 Hanky Terrace, Plymouth Street
Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 8 January 2025
- Welsh name
- Postyn Milltir y tu allan i Rif 7 Teras Hanky, Stryd Plymouth
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Community
- Town
- Unitary authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.73576, -3.37059
- Cadw reference
- 87950
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the E side of Plymouth Street.
History
Probably dating to the 1830s as part of improvements to Plymouth Road Turnpike. Shown on or near its current position on the 1st and 2nd editions of Ordnance Survey Map (1886 and 1901 respectively), but by 1922 had relocated close to a signal point at Merthyr Junction – possibly for safekeeping when this side of Plymouth Street was terraced in 1918-1919. Reinstated on Plymouth Street mid-C20.
Originally one of a network of mileposts on the Cardiff-Caerphilly-Merthyr road, two others are known to survive, one in Birchgrove, Cardiff (ref 25525) and the other in Gabalfa, Cardiff (ref 22523).
Exterior
Cast iron milepost facing to Plymouth Street. Painted white with black lettering. Pedimented backplate reads “LONDON / 183”. Chamfered triangular form, left side with “CARDIFF / 23”, right side with “MERTHYR / 1”. Splayed base and slight plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a good surviving example of a mid-C19 turnpike milepost.
Nearby in the register
- Merthyr Tramroad Tunnel (Trevithick's Tunnel)Tramroadunder 1 mi
- Rhydycar Skew BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Garden walls and gatepiers at Upper Abercanaid HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 Quay RowDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.