Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lon-Isaf Gate
Llandygai, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Lon Isaf, Glasinfryn, Bangor, Llandygai, Gwynedd, designated on 3 March 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 3 March 1966
- Locality
- Lon Isaf
- Town
- Glasinfryn, Bangor
- Community
- Llandygai
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.20308, -4.09468
- Cadw reference
- 3665
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on its own on west side of former London to Holyhead Road, which is now by-passed by the present A 5 and serves as a minor gated road between the A 5 and Llandygai; cottage has low rubblestone boundary wall with stone-on-edge coping.
History
Built c1825 to a design by Thomas Telford as a toll keeper's cottage on the London to Holyhead road, turnpiked by Thomas Telford between 1815 and 1830.
Exterior
Single-storey T-plan building. Roughly coursed rubblestone with traces of limewash remaining; hipped slate roof. Main range aligned north-south with splayed projection to centre fronted by lower pedimented section serving as entrance porch. Main range has horned 6-paned sash windows on either side of splayed projection with blind window to right end wall. Projection has 2-light 12-paned casement window in right splay and 6-paned sash window to left splay; pedimented porch has boarded door to right and blind windows to left and front, latter segmental-arched and which originally held a board listing the toll charges. Rendered ridge stack to centre of main range. C20 extension at rear.
Interior
Interior not accessible at time of Survey.
Reason for designation
Included at II* as an exceptionally well-preserved early C19 toll keeper's cottage on a remarkably unaltered stretch (owing to by-passing) of the former turnpike road; strong group value with weigh house and original roadside walling complete with depot directly opposite.
Nearby in the register
- Weigh House at Lon-Isaf GateTransportunder 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.