Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
17181
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/01/1996
Date of Amendment
18/01/1996
Name of Property
Glasbury Gate Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Glasbury
Town
Locality
Glasbury
Easting
317775
Northing
239562
Street Side
E
Location
The building is located at the side of the road, at the N approach to Glasbury village.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Toll cottage of c1830-40, appearing on the tithe map of 1841, and probably the scene of the only recorded incident in the area during the Rebecca Riots of 1843-4.
Exterior
Rubble stone with hipped slate roof. Single storey, 3 bays, the centre bay brought forward and canted, with the roof correspondingly hipped. Lean-to extension to rear, behind central stone stack. Mid C20 timber windows and lean-to on N side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a surviving example of the range of toll cottages that were built to tax movement on the highway in the early C19.
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