Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4405
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1974
Date of Amendment
26/09/2005
Name of Property
Gatws
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Porthmadog
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Porthmadog
Easting
256679
Northing
338796
Street Side
SE
Location
Porthmadog
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Gatws, or Gate Lodge, stands at the original entrance to Morfa Lodge, and was probably built in the 2nd quarter of the C19. It is shown on the 1842 Tithe map. Morfa Lodge was built by the landowner William Madocks (1773-1828), but its date is uncertain as it could belong to the 1st or 3rd decade of the C19. The drive (known as Morfa Lodge) on which Gatws stands is no longer directly linked to the house formerly known as Morfa Lodge (now Gelli Faia).
Exterior
A double-fronted 1½-storey lodge of coursed stone, a roof of fishscale slates incorporating bands of octagonal-pattern slates, on projecting eaves and with stone end stacks. The central entrance has a boarded door with overlight and is flanked by 2-light casement windows in original openings. In the L gable end is a 2-light casement window under a hood mould, with bullseye window in the gable, both replacements in original openings. Set back on the R side is a projection under a single-pitch roof concealed from the front by a coped ridge, which has a 2-light window. The rear has a doorway to the L, then a 2-light window in an original opening, an inserted window, and another replacement window to the R. The rear roof slope has 2 added skylights.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a lodge retaining definite C19 regional character and notable for its distinctive use of slate.
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