Telford Milestone, Trewalchmai, Isle of Anglesey

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2583 / 53°15'29"N

Longitude: -4.4055 / 4°24'19"W

OS Eastings: 239634

OS Northings: 376173

OS Grid: SH396761

Mapcode National: GBR HNH2.W5G

Mapcode Global: WH42S.9CCH

Plus Code: 9C5Q7H5V+8Q

Entry Name: Telford Milestone

Listing Date: 23 September 1998

Last Amended: 17 June 2020

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20517

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300020517

Location: Located to the front of a low rubble field wall, slightly set back from the N side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road on the E approach to the village of Gwalchmai; c. 250m WNW of Gwalchmai tollhouse and c. 6

County: Isle of Anglesey

Community: Trewalchmai

Locality: Gwalchmai

Tagged with: Milestone

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History

Following the Act of Union in 1801 a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. As well as overseeing the work, Thomas Telford also designed every detail of the road, and this milestone is one of a number designed for it. The completion of the stage between Holyhead and Menai Bridge saw all the milestones across Anglesey and into Bangor erected between 1825 and February 1826.

Exterior

Dressed Anglesey limestone slab, with shallow triangular head and raking chamfered sides. Cast iron inset plate, white lettering on black reading: HOLY- / HEAD / 11 / MONA / 2 / BANGOR / 14.

Set in front of a rubble arch incorporated into a boundary wall: a very well preserved example of a “Telford Arch,” thought to have been designed to enhance and draw attention to the milestone.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a fine example of one of Telford's milestones retaining its cast iron plate.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Gwalchmai Tollhouse
Located at the NE side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road on the approach to the village of Gwalchmai, c. 850m E of the church of St. Morhaiarn.
II* Church of St. Morhaiarn
Located within an enclosed churchyard, at the end of a single track lane leading off the S side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road, at the W end of the village of Gwalchmai.
II Jerusalem Chapel
Set back, within enclosed grounds, to the E side of a country road leading S off the A5(T) in Gwalchmai; c. 350m SSE of the church of St. Morhaiarn.
II Ty Capel
Set back, within grounds enclosed by a rendered rubble wall surmounted by railings, adjacent to Jerusalem Chapel, to the E side of a country road leading S off the A5(T) in Gwalchmai; c. 350m SSE of t
II War memorial
Prominently sited in the centre of the village of Gwalchmai; within a railed enclosure slightly set back from the N side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road.
II Melin Gwalchmai
Set back from the SE side of a country road SW of Gwalchmai and c. 600m SW of the church of St. Morhaiarn.
II* Church of St Twrog
In an isolated rural location within an irregularly shaped churchyard along the NW side of a country road running SW from the B5109 at Llynfaes.

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Telford Milestone

A Grade II Listed Building in Trewalchmai, Isle of Anglesey