Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
5173
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/06/1990
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990
Name of Property
Toll Booth at Penamenpool Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolgellau
Town
Locality
Easting
269496
Northing
318505
Street Side
Location
Situated beside the former Cambrian Railway station, linking the A493 with the A496 across the Mawddach Estuary.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Late Cl9, timber bridge said to date from 1879.
Exterior
Slightly ramped to centre. Timber deck carried on piers formed of 4 cross-braced timber piles. Opening span to centre originally. Plain handrails.
Gate to SW end, polygonal cast iron piers, ornamental caps. 2 wrought iron gates, "tulip" finials, lock rail, pedestrian gate inset to right.
Toll booth to E at SE end. cl900. Lap-boarded timber framed structure, on timber piers. Shallow jetties to gable ends, on brackets. Moderately pitched felted roof, finials with pendants, bargeboards, plain eaves, brackets. Raking dormer facing bridge, felted roof and cheeks, deep verge, brackets.
Canted, transomed 5 light small paned window to corner by bridge. Doorway alongside. 3 window rear elevation. 3 light, transomed to left 2 light transomed to centre, single light to right; small panes.
Modern toll booth to W side at SE end of bridge.
Interior
Reason for designation
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