Former Tollhouse (Now Public Telephone Kiosk), Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9139 / 52°54'50"N

Longitude: -4.0974 / 4°5'50"W

OS Eastings: 259062

OS Northings: 337223

OS Grid: SH590372

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.NF4V

Mapcode Global: WH55T.103Z

Plus Code: 9C4QWW73+H2

Entry Name: Former Tollhouse (Now Public Telephone Kiosk)

Listing Date: 23 August 2002

Last Amended: 23 August 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 26876

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300026876

Location: At the start of the main village road, immediately S of the reception block (Chantry Lodge).

County: Gwynedd

Community: Penrhyndeudraeth

Locality: Portmeirion

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Telephone booth

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History

Portmeirion was designed and laid out by the celebrated architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis (1883-1978) following his purchase of the estate, then called Aber Iâ, in 1926. The village evolved over several decades and was still being added to in the 1970s.

Built in the 1950s as a tollhouse, thereby replacing Toll Gate in Battery Square, where visitors originally announced themselves.

Exterior

Former tollgate of rubble construction The structure is built in folly-style in the form of a pair of truncated drum towers with central arched entrance; a flight of eight steps ascends up to and through the open entrance and terminates at an arched entrance in the L return of the taller, right-hand tower; this with boarded door. The left-hand tower has a similar arched entrance to the L (facing SE), with recessed panelled door; this gives access to the telephone kiosk. Slit-light to the front (NE) of the latter tower. An electrified lantern is affixed to the top of the stepped-up central link wall which contains the arch.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as one of a number of buildings and structures erected by the eminent architect and conservationist Sir Clough Williams-Ellis for his visionary Portmeirion villiage.

Group value with other listed items at Portmeirion.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Statue of Huntsman
Immediatedly to the W of Cliff House, on the roadside.
II Forecourt Walls and Balustrading at Cliff House
In front of Cliff House and its annex, facing the lane and flanking the short drive to the house; continuing around the side of the house to enclose a raised terrace facing South.
II Reception (Chantry Lodge)
The first main building at the entrance of the village; set back slightly to the NW of the village lane.
II Cliff House Including Annex
At the eastern edge of the village, in front, and to the E of, the Gatehouse.
II The Gate House
Straddling the road at the main (eastern) approach to the village.
II C19 Wall Adjoining Bridge House to the E
On the S side of the road between Bridge House and the Gatehouse, with the Grotto beyond.
II The Belvedere, Including Associated Terraces
Elevated above the main village road on the northern side, between Gatehouse and Bridgehouse.
II Rotunda or Grotto
Set into the hillslope below Cliff House with panoramic views accross the bay; accessed via steps and an arch from the main village road.

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Former Tollhouse (Now Public Telephone Kiosk)

A Grade II Listed Building in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd