Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1294
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/07/1975
Date of Amendment
01/02/1995
Name of Property
Y Bwythyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Corwen
Town
Locality
Glyndyfrdwy
Easting
317712
Northing
342238
Street Side
Location
On the S side of the A5, 2km E of Glyndyfrdwy.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built as a toll-house for the Holyhead Road Turnpike, which was initiated in 1815 and largely completed by 1830.
Exterior
Rough random rubble with freestone dressings, the roof re-covered with diagonally laid tiles; axial stack. Single storeyed, 3-bay plan, with canted central bay housing entrance flanked by windows (renewed in original openings, with flat arched heads). Outer bays also have renewed windows.
Interior
Reason for designation
An example of the standard toll-house design for the Holyhead Road Turnpike, which has retained much of its character in spite of some alterations, and which forms a group with the former weigh-house on the opposite side of the road.
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