Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 2000. Milepost.
Milepost
- WRENN ID
- worn-barrel-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2000
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost, Tai Bach, Tai-Bach
- OS grid reference
- SS 776 885
- Coordinates
- 51.58262, -3.76726
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is an ornate cast iron milepost, painted white with black lettering and details. It has a square base that supports a rear upright featuring a pointed arched head with mouldings, imposts, and a keystone. In front of the base is a low domed section with a round-headed front face, above which are two tall faces with pointed arched heads, each set at a 45-degree angle. The arches have raised mouldings.
Underneath the rear arch, the milepost reads 'Bridgend District'. The angled faces point in opposite directions, with one indicating 'To Pyle 5' and the other 'To Neath 7'. Beneath the round arch is the lettering 'London 188'. The square base has a raised border that includes 'Margam Parish' written in relief. A raised tablet at the bottom, which is unpainted, reads '1841'.
Local climate
Milepost sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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.
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