Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4663
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/10/1966
Date of Amendment
31/01/2001
Name of Property
Cymro Gate
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llandderfel
Town
Bala
Locality
Glan-yr-Afon
Easting
302200
Northing
343946
Street Side
S
Location
Located at the north-eastern boundary of the community and prominently-sited on the roadside.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C19 tollhouse built as part of the new Shrewsbury to Holyhead road under the overall supervision of the engineer Thomas Telford; modern additions and alterations.
Exterior
Single-storey tollhouse of T-plan; stone construction with modern render and renewed slate roof with plain bargeboards. Brick central chimney with modern concrete capping. The 3-bay road elevation is symmetrical and has a single-storeyed canted bay to the centre; this has an old slate roof and a blind 4-panel door to the centre, with flanking windows. Further window openings to the outer bays and gable ends. There is a modern single-storey addition to the L (NE).
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding modern additions and alterations, for its special interest as one of the original toll houses of Thomas Telford's early C19 Shrewsbury to Holyhead road.
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