Milestone SW of Rhos-goch is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 January 2001. Milestone.
Milestone SW of Rhos-goch
- WRENN ID
- salt-brick-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 January 2001
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone SW of Rhos-goch, Red Roses/Rhos Goch, Whitland, Eglwyscummin
- OS grid reference
- SN 195 113
- Coordinates
- 51.77176, -4.61748
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This milestone is located southwest of Rhos-goch and features a cast-iron plaque mounted on stone or concrete. It has a canted front with two triangular-headed faces. On the left side, it reads "16 miles to Carmarthen. Moss & Sons 1838," and on the right side, it states "17 miles to Hobb's Point Moss & Sons 1838."
Local climate
Milestone SW of Rhos-goch sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Boundary stone near Castle Ely Bridge
- St Elidyr's Church
- N Lime Kiln and retaining wall at Castle Ely Quarry.
- Milestone on A477, in the verge opposite Myrtle Villa
- Crunwere House
- Milepost in Tavernspite village
- Cyffic and Lampeter Velfrey Parish Boundary Stone
- Lime kiln SE of Pwll
- Milepost near Lower Llantydwell
- The War Memorial, Marros