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
83966
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
25/02/2005  
Date of Amendment
25/02/2005  
Name of Property
Tollgate Cottage aka Cerdwyd  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Maentwrog  
Town
 
Locality
Maentwrog  
Easting
266503  
Northing
340718  
Street Side
E  
Location
Located at the E side of the A496 at the N end of the village of Maentwrog; directly SE of Pont Maentwrog.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Late C19 cottage. Shown as toll cottage on 1st edition O.S. map, and built by the Tan y bwlch estate as part of an extensive programme of rebuilding and improvement in the late C19. Offered up for sale in the auction of the Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate, 1910, in Lot 12 'The Picturesque Rural Village of Maentwrog'. The property was described as The Old Tollgate, occupied by Richard Pugh, for an annual rent of £6-0s-0d (£6.00).  

Exterior
House, in the simplified gothic style characteristic of the later C19 work by the Tan-y-bwlch estate. Rubble built, slate roof with eaves projecting on brackets, central stack with diagonal shaft. One and a half storeys, T-shaped plan with advanced central gable. This has a 2-light casement window on each floor. Doorways in flanking bays, and casement windows in gable ends. All openings have drop-ended hood-moulds.  

Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).  

Reason for designation
Listed as a late C19 tollgate cottage retaining original character as an estate cottage and forming a group with the adjacent road bridge and milestone at the N end of the estate village of Maentwrog.  

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