Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
1198
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/12/1989
Date of Amendment
22/12/1989
Name of Property
Toll Gatehouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llangollen
Town
Locality
Easting
321971
Northing
341901
Street Side
Location
At the roadside on the eastern edge of the town.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built ca 1816 to designs of Thomas Telford, later alterations. The construction of the Holyhead Road followed pressure from Irish MP's; the Shrewsbury to Bangor section was begun in 1815 and reached Bangor by 1817.
Exterior
Single storey whitewashed rubble building with slate roof and very wide boarded eaves; tall roughcast chimney stack to centre. Central bay is advanced and splayed and has a later porch to front. Deep stone lintels over 3-light diamond headed casement windows. Half glazed outer and inner doors. Blocked windows to gable ends and modern extensions to rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
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