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
21928
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/06/1999
Date of Amendment
28/09/1999
Name of Property
The Gatehouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
Easting
314440
Northing
359352
Street Side
S
Location
On the road-side in the centre of the village, opposite the Church of St Peter.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built c1825 as a toll house, by Mr Ablett of Llanbedr Hall, and continued in this use until c1875.
Exterior
Single-storey lodge-cottage of double-pile plan-form. Of rendered brick construction with C20 hipped slate roof having slightly oversailing eaves; broad central stack of brown brick. Asymmetrical 3-bay front with cambered entrance to L; recessed modern wooden door. Adjacent to this, on the R, is a canted wooden bay window with slated roof; 2-light iron-framed lattice-glazed windows, with simple cusped tracery heads and projecting stone sills. 3-light window with similar glazing to the R; a further, 2-light window to the N return wall. Single-storey catslide extension to the S side, partly with flat felt roof. Adjoining the cottage to the SW, and following the line of the road for some 10m, is a rendered rubble wall with irregular copings.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a well-preserved C19 toll house in a prominent village location, retaining good external character.
Group value with other listed items in the village centre.
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