Lon-Isaf Gate

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.