The Old Tollhouse

Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 13 March 2003.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of The Old Tollhouse, Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: Transport
Date of designation: 13 March 2003
Community: Pontardawe
Unitary authority: Neath Port Talbot
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 51.71482, -3.85866
Cadw reference: 11195

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · 230 Ammanford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · 230 Ammanford (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated on the NW side of Swansea Road some 750m SW of the centre of Pontardawe.

History

Earlier C19 tollhouse at the former Ynysderw tollgate on the Swansea to Brecon turnpike road. Bargeboards and overhanging gables removed since 1975 listing. A damaged milestone in wall to right has VIII presumably 8 miles to Swansea. Occupied by Charles Davies, gatekeeper, 1861 and Edward Hopgood road labourer 1871, turnpike tolls abolished 1888.

Exterior

Former tollhouse, coursed squared sandstone with tooled stone dressings and close-eaved slate gabled roof, formerly with end bargeboards and finials. Centre axial ridge chimney with 3 rendered octagonal shafts on stone plinth. Front has quoins and chamfered surrounds to openings. Square-headed 2-light timber window each side of Tudor-arched doorway with keystone. C20 ledged door, C19 windows with single slab lintels and stone sills. Centre gable formerly with bargeboard and finial, over blank roundel inscribed above and below: Western District Ynysderw Gate. Rendered windowless end walls.e of centre doorway.

Interior

Not inspected.

Reason for designation

Included for its special interest as a well-preserved earlier C19 tollhouse.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0

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