Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
15558
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/07/1975
Date of Amendment
01/02/1995
Name of Property
Former Weigh-House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Corwen
Town
Locality
Easting
317710
Northing
342252
Street Side
Location
On the N side of the A5, opposite the toll-house (Y Bwythyn) 2km E of Glyndyfrdwy.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Built as a weighhouse at the toll-gate on the Holyhead Turnpike Road, some time between 1815-30. Disused.
Exterior
A small, rough-rubble hut, with renewed overhanging slate roof. Paired entrances with flat stone lintels in W side, single entrance to E, and blind segmentally arched panel beneath gable facing the road, formerly holding the notice of tolls.
Interior
Reason for designation
A rare (and possibly unique) surviving example of a weigh house building, which forms a group with the toll-house on the opposite side of the road.
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