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
4405
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1974
Date of Amendment
26/09/2005
Name of Property
Gatws
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Porthmadog
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Porthmadog
Easting
256679
Northing
338796
Street Side
SE
Location
Porthmadog
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Gatws, or Gate Lodge, stands at the original entrance to Morfa Lodge, and was probably built in the 2nd quarter of the C19. It is shown on the 1842 Tithe map. Morfa Lodge was built by the landowner William Madocks (1773-1828), but its date is uncertain as it could belong to the 1st or 3rd decade of the C19. The drive (known as Morfa Lodge) on which Gatws stands is no longer directly linked to the house formerly known as Morfa Lodge (now Gelli Faia).
Exterior
A double-fronted 1½-storey lodge of coursed stone, a roof of fishscale slates incorporating bands of octagonal-pattern slates, on projecting eaves and with stone end stacks. The central entrance has a boarded door with overlight and is flanked by 2-light casement windows in original openings. In the L gable end is a 2-light casement window under a hood mould, with bullseye window in the gable, both replacements in original openings. Set back on the R side is a projection under a single-pitch roof concealed from the front by a coped ridge, which has a 2-light window. The rear has a doorway to the L, then a 2-light window in an original opening, an inserted window, and another replacement window to the R. The rear roof slope has 2 added skylights.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a lodge retaining definite C19 regional character and notable for its distinctive use of slate.
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