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
14181
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/04/1993
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Toll Gauger's Hut to E of No 1 The Locks
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Carreghofa
Town
Locality
Easting
325431
Northing
320275
Street Side
Location
Close to north side of upper lock and lying to the east of the former Wharfinger's House.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built 1825 to collect tolls at the junction of the Montgomeryshire and Ellesmere Canals (Carreghofa section opened 1797); hut restored 1986.
Exterior
Square single-storey brick structure with long hipped slate roof incorporating canopy with timber supports facing the canal. Brick stack to rear over lower gabled extension. Wide three-light small pane window under segmental arch facing canal, plank side door with second door to rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with other canal structure in exceptional location at Carreghofa Locks.
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