Milestone opposite the Old Village Shop, Bonvilston is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 September 2022. Milestone. 4 related planning applications.

Milestone opposite the Old Village Shop, Bonvilston

WRENN ID
sharp-banister-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 September 2022
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone opposite the Old Village Shop, Bonvilston, St. Nicholas and Bonvilston, CF5 6TR
OS grid reference
ST 062 739
Coordinates
51.45699, -3.35001
Source
Cadw listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This milestone, located opposite the Old Village Shop in Bonvilston, is made of coarse local limestone and has a round head. It measures approximately 16 inches by 10 inches. Although it is worn, the inscription is still legible and reads “From / Cardiff / VIII miles / To Cow[bridge]”.

Local climate

Milestone opposite the Old Village Shop, Bonvilston sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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
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