Milepost on north-east side of A48, opposite to Twmpath Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 October 1980. Milepost.
Milepost on north-east side of A48, opposite to Twmpath Farm
- WRENN ID
- cold-terrace-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1980
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost on north-east side of A48, opposite to Twmpath Farm, Colwinston, Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
- OS grid reference
- SS 955 761
- Coordinates
- 51.47508, -3.50468
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is an ornately moulded cast-iron milepost in Gothic style, located on the north-east side of the A48, opposite Twmpath Farm. It is part of a series of mileposts along the A48 to the west of Cardiff. The milepost features rectangular panels at its base, with the lower panel displaying the date '1835' and the upper panel stating 'Colwinston Parish'. Above this, there is a tall crowning tablet with a rounded head, which has the inscription 'Cowbridge District' at the top. Two pointed panels extend from the lower part of this tablet; the left panel is inscribed 'To Cowbridge 3' and the right panel is inscribed 'To Bridgend 4'. Below these, a segmental panel is inscribed 'London 173', situated above the rectangular panels at the base. Similar listed mileposts can be found in the City of Cardiff, specifically on Cowbridge Road East and West, as well as in the Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagans.
Local climate
Milepost on north-east side of A48, opposite to Twmpath Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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