Gwalchmai Tollhouse, Trewalchmai, Isle of Anglesey

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2577 / 53°15'27"N

Longitude: -4.4017 / 4°24'6"W

OS Eastings: 239885

OS Northings: 376103

OS Grid: SH398761

Mapcode National: GBR HNH2.Y70

Mapcode Global: WH42S.CC5X

Plus Code: 9C5Q7H5X+38

Entry Name: Gwalchmai Tollhouse

Listing Date: 1 August 1952

Last Amended: 23 September 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 5269

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300005269

Location: Located at the NE side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road on the approach to the village of Gwalchmai, c. 850m E of the church of St. Morhaiarn.

County: Isle of Anglesey

Community: Trewalchmai

Locality: Gwalchmai

Tagged with: Tollhouse

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History

Following the Act of Union in 1801 a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. Work started on Anglesey in 1818 and 5 tollhouses, designed by Telford, were built across the island. In 1844 a law was passed abolishing tolls from Holyhead to Shrewsbury but an exemption was made of the tollhouses of Anglesey where charges were actually increased and proved adequate for the maintenance of the roads for several years. In 1895 the exemption ended and on 28th November the tollhouses were sold.

Exterior

Octagonal 2-storey toll house forming a symmetrical composition with single storey wings to NE and SE. Coursed masonry, 1st floor rendered. Slate roof with projecting eaves; wings have roofs of old small slates, heavily grouted. Central stack to octagon with gable end stacks to each wing; each with rendered caps. Windows are slightly recessed with modern casements; upper storey of octagon with blind recesses in all faces other than directly over the doorway (facing W).

Reasons for Listing

Listed as one of a series of tollhouses designed for the Holyhead Road by Thomas Telford, retaining its original form (notwithstanding alterations to detail).

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Telford Milestone
Located to the front of a low rubble field wall, slightly set back from the N side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road on the E approach to the village of Gwalchmai; c. 250m WNW of Gwalchmai tollhouse and c. 6
II Jerusalem Chapel
Set back, within enclosed grounds, to the E side of a country road leading S off the A5(T) in Gwalchmai; c. 350m SSE of the church of St. Morhaiarn.
II* Church of St. Morhaiarn
Located within an enclosed churchyard, at the end of a single track lane leading off the S side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road, at the W end of the village of Gwalchmai.
II Ty Capel
Set back, within grounds enclosed by a rendered rubble wall surmounted by railings, adjacent to Jerusalem Chapel, to the E side of a country road leading S off the A5(T) in Gwalchmai; c. 350m SSE of t
II War memorial
Prominently sited in the centre of the village of Gwalchmai; within a railed enclosure slightly set back from the N side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road.
II Melin Gwalchmai
Set back from the SE side of a country road SW of Gwalchmai and c. 600m SW of the church of St. Morhaiarn.
II* Church of St Twrog
In an isolated rural location within an irregularly shaped churchyard along the NW side of a country road running SW from the B5109 at Llynfaes.

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Gwalchmai Tollhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Trewalchmai, Isle of Anglesey