2018

SH6640 : Former Toll House On Christmas Day 2018

taken 6 years ago, near to Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales

Former Toll House On Christmas Day 2018
Former Toll House On Christmas Day 2018
Marked on old maps as Tollgate Cottage now named Cedrwydd. This grade II listed former toll house built in the late 1700s is at the north end of the village of Maentwrog, Gwynedd. Photo taken just after midday 2018.
From British listed buildings 'Late C19 cottage. Shown as toll cottage on 1st edition O.S. map, and built by the Tan y bwlch estate as part of an extensive programme of rebuilding and improvement in the late C19.
Offered up for sale in the auction of the Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate, 1910, in Lot 12 'The Picturesque Rural Village of Maentwrog'. The property was described as The Old Tollgate, occupied by Richard Pugh, for an annual rent of £6-0s-0d (£6.00). House, in the simplified gothic style characteristic of the later C19 work by the Tan-y-bwlch estate. Rubble built, slate roof with eaves projecting on brackets, central stack with diagonal shaft. One and a half storeys, T-shaped plan with advanced central gable. This has a 2-light casement window on each floor. Doorways in flanking bays, and casement windows in gable ends. All openings have drop-ended hood-moulds.
Midday Christmas 2018

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SH6640, 112 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Keith Evans   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 25 December, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 25 December, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 665 407 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:56.8324N 3:59.3001W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 664 407
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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