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
13536
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/06/1993
Date of Amendment
18/08/2000
Name of Property
Toll House Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Llantrisant
Town
Pontyclun
Locality
Llantrisant
Easting
304883
Northing
183260
Street Side
N
Location
Cut into the slope at the junction of the B4595 and A473, at the base of the High Street which climbs up to the centre of Llantrisant.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Dated 1785 with C19 alterations including the addition of an upper storey. Built as a turnpike toll house at the Southgate entrance to Llantrisant.
Exterior
Small 2-storey 2-window cottage facing S. Roughcast, mainly over stone with some red brick, under a slate roof. Cut-down yellow brick end stack to L. Stone quoins and rounded angle to L at ground floor level. Stone band over ground floor which may mark the height of the original building. Central panelled door with timber lintel, partly boarded over, flanked by tall square-headed window openings with stone sills. Similar shorter windows aligned above, that to the L formerly displaying a 4-pane sash. All the windows are now boarded over. A datestone is positioned centrally, towards the top of the wall, inscribed 'L I 1785'. Disused and overgrown, the W gable end and rear not visible. Adjoined by a later building to the E.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed as a former toll house retaining its character, and for its historic interest relating to turnpike roads.
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