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Tollgate Cottage aka Cerdwyd

A Grade II Listed Building in Maentwrog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9472 / 52°56'49"N

Longitude: -3.9883 / 3°59'17"W

OS Eastings: 266503

OS Northings: 340718

OS Grid: SH665407

Mapcode National: GBR 5W.L9NQ

Mapcode Global: WH55N.Q50Y

Plus Code: 9C4RW2W6+VM

Entry Name: Tollgate Cottage aka Cerdwyd

Listing Date: 25 February 2005

Last Amended: 25 February 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 83966

Building Class: Domestic

Also known as: Cerdwyd

ID on this website: 300083966

Location: Located at the E side of the A496 at the N end of the village of Maentwrog; directly SE of Pont Maentwrog.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Maentwrog

Community: Maentwrog

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Cottage Tollhouse

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History

Late C19 cottage. Shown as toll cottage on 1st edition O.S. map, and built by the Tan y bwlch estate as part of an extensive programme of rebuilding and improvement in the late C19.
Offered up for sale in the auction of the Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate, 1910, in Lot 12 'The Picturesque Rural Village of Maentwrog'. The property was described as The Old Tollgate, occupied by Richard Pugh, for an annual rent of £6-0s-0d (£6.00).

Exterior

House, in the simplified gothic style characteristic of the later C19 work by the Tan-y-bwlch estate. Rubble built, slate roof with eaves projecting on brackets, central stack with diagonal shaft. One and a half storeys, T-shaped plan with advanced central gable. This has a 2-light casement window on each floor. Doorways in flanking bays, and casement windows in gable ends. All openings have drop-ended hood-moulds.

Interior

The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a late C19 tollgate cottage retaining original character as an estate cottage and forming a group with the adjacent road bridge and milestone at the N end of the estate village of Maentwrog.

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  • II The Old Rectory
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  • II Stable block to S of The Old Rectory
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  • II The Grapes Hotel
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