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
5269
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/08/1952
Date of Amendment
23/09/1998
Name of Property
Gwalchmai Tollhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Trewalchmai
Town
Locality
Gwalchmai
Easting
239885
Northing
376103
Street Side
NE
Location
Located at the NE side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road on the approach to the village of Gwalchmai, c. 850m E of the church of St. Morhaiarn.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Following the Act of Union in 1801 a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. Work started on Anglesey in 1818 and 5 tollhouses, designed by Telford, were built across the island. In 1844 a law was passed abolishing tolls from Holyhead to Shrewsbury but an exemption was made of the tollhouses of Anglesey where charges were actually increased and proved adequate for the maintenance of the roads for several years. In 1895 the exemption ended and on 28th November the tollhouses were sold.
Exterior
Octagonal 2-storey toll house forming a symmetrical composition with single storey wings to NE and SE. Coursed masonry, 1st floor rendered. Slate roof with projecting eaves; wings have roofs of old small slates, heavily grouted. Central stack to octagon with gable end stacks to each wing; each with rendered caps. Windows are slightly recessed with modern casements; upper storey of octagon with blind recesses in all faces other than directly over the doorway (facing W).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as one of a series of tollhouses designed for the Holyhead Road by Thomas Telford, retaining its original form (notwithstanding alterations to detail).
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