Former Weigh-House, Corwen, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9713 / 52°58'16"N

Longitude: -3.2268 / 3°13'36"W

OS Eastings: 317710

OS Northings: 342252

OS Grid: SJ177422

Mapcode National: GBR 6W.JW48

Mapcode Global: WH783.DLN0

Plus Code: 9C4RXQCF+G7

Entry Name: Former Weigh-House

Listing Date: 3 July 1975

Last Amended: 1 February 1995

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 15558

Building Class: Industrial

ID on this website: 300015558

Location: On the N side of the A5, opposite the toll-house (Y Bwythyn) 2km E of Glyndyfrdwy.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Corwen

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

Built as a weighhouse at the toll-gate on the Holyhead Turnpike Road, some time between 1815-30. Disused.

Exterior

A small, rough-rubble hut, with renewed overhanging slate roof. Paired entrances with flat stone lintels in W side, single entrance to E, and blind segmentally arched panel beneath gable facing the road, formerly holding the notice of tolls.

Reasons for Listing

A rare (and possibly unique) surviving example of a weigh house building, which forms a group with the toll-house on the opposite side of the road.

External Links

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II Y Bwythyn
On the S side of the A5, 2km E of Glyndyfrdwy.
II Rhydonnen Ucha Farmhouse
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II Pen-y-Vivod
Set at right angles to the slope. Reached by a lane rising N from the Bryn-newydd Home Farm settlement.
II Cattleshed & Lower Stable Range to SE side of the Home Farmyard
Beside the road to SW of Vivod; on levelled site. Rubble walls bordering the entrance to the farmyard.
II Dairy & Food Store at SW side fo the Home Farmyard
Beside the road to SW of Vivod; on levelled site. Rubble walls bordering the entrance to the farmyard.
II Cartshed & Granary to NW side of the Home Farmyard
Beside the road to SW of Vivod; on levelled site. Rubble walls bordering the entrance to the farmyard.
II Stables & Hay Store to SE side of the Home Farmyard
Beside the road to SW of Vivod, on levelled site. Rubble walls bordering the entrance to the farmyard.
II Home Farm Farmhouse
At right angles to the SW of Vivod. On the NE edge of the Bryn-newydd Home Farm settlement.

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Former Weigh-House

A Grade II Listed Building in Corwen, Denbighshire