Milepost on railway bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 January 1976. Cottage.

Milepost on railway bridge

WRENN ID
worn-minaret-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
13 January 1976
Type
Cottage
Address
Milepost on railway bridge, Fairwater
OS grid reference
ST 147 769
Coordinates
51.48509, -3.22943
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is an ornately moulded cast-iron milepost in Gothic style, part of a series located on the A48 to the west of Cardiff. The milepost features rectangular panels at its base; the lower panel, which is now hidden, was visible in 1972 and bears the date '1835'. The upper panel is inscribed with 'CARDIFF DISTRICT'. Two pointed-headed panels extend from the lower part of this tablet, with the left panel inscribed 'TO CARDIFF 2' and the right panel inscribed 'TO COWBRIDGE 10'. Additionally, there is an inscription 'LONDON 160' located below these panels and above the rectangular panel at the base, which is inscribed 'Landaff Parish'.

Local climate

Milepost on railway bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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