Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Weigh House at Lon-Isaf Gate
Llandygai, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 3 March 1966
- Locality
- Lon Isaf
- Community
- Llandygai
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.20317, -4.09446
- Cadw reference
- 23342
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the eastern side of the former London to Holyhead Road directly opposite the associated toll keeper's cottage (Lon-Isaf Gate).
History
Built in association with the toll keeper's cottage on the London to Holyhead road, turnpiked by Thomas Telford between 1815 and 1830.
Exterior
Small square-plan building. Roughly coursed and dressed rubblestone with quoins; gable-ended slate roof has slate coping and slate slabs at eaves level giving appearance of pediment at each end. Front gable end (at right-angles to road) has blind round-headed window with voussoirs and slate cill and like that on the cottage opposite originally held a board listing the toll charges; square-headed blind window with slate cill and lintel to right wall and boarded door in right wall.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as an unusual survival of an early C19 weigh house, one of only 2 surviving on Telford's London to Holyhead turnpike road; strong group value with associated toll keeper's cottage opposite and adjoining roadside walling with depot.
Nearby in the register
- Lon-Isaf GateDomesticunder 1 mi
- Walling and Depots on east side of former turnpike road (old A 5)Transportunder 1 mi
- Penrhyn Slate Quarry RailroadRailwayunder 1 mi
- 3 Tyddyn IolynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.