Description

LICHFIELD

SK1109NW BEACON STREET
1094-1/4/8 (East side)
No.26

GV II

House. c1815. For Bridge Commission. Brick with plastered
ground floor; tile roof. 3 storeys; single-window range. Top
modillioned brick cornice. Round-headed entrance to left has
tympanum over 6-panel door. Shop type window to ground floor
has cornice; windows to 1st and 2nd floors have 3-light
small-paned casements, that to 1st floor C20. The toll house
for the Bridge Commission which widened the bridge in Bird
Street (qv). The toll gate was here to prevent traffic from
using Gaia Lane and so avoiding the bridge. Included for group
value.
(Clayton H: Coaching City: Bala, N.Wales: P.73-6).

Listing NGR: SK1134209836

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482566

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