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Latitude: 52.7484 / 52°44'54"N
Longitude: -3.9349 / 3°56'5"W
OS Eastings: 269496
OS Northings: 318505
OS Grid: SH694185
Mapcode National: GBR 5Y.ZYFQ
Mapcode Global: WH56N.J5GW
Plus Code: 9C4RP3X8+83
Entry Name: Toll Booth at Penamenpool Bridge
Listing Date: 19 June 1990
Last Amended: 19 June 1990
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 5173
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300005173
Location: Situated beside the former Cambrian Railway station, linking the A493 with the A496 across the Mawddach Estuary.
County: Gwynedd
Community: Dolgellau
Community: Dolgellau
Traditional County: Merionethshire
Tagged with: Bridge
Late Cl9, timber bridge said to date from 1879.
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.
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