Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gatws
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, designated on 1 April 1974.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 1 April 1974
- Locality
- Porthmadog
- Town
- Porthmadog
- Community
- Porthmadog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.92739, -4.13354
- Cadw reference
- 4405
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Porthmadog
History
Gatws, or Gate Lodge, stands at the original entrance to Morfa Lodge, and was probably built in the 2nd quarter of the C19. It is shown on the 1842 Tithe map. Morfa Lodge was built by the landowner William Madocks (1773-1828), but its date is uncertain as it could belong to the 1st or 3rd decade of the C19. The drive (known as Morfa Lodge) on which Gatws stands is no longer directly linked to the house formerly known as Morfa Lodge (now Gelli Faia).
Exterior
A double-fronted 1½-storey lodge of coursed stone, a roof of fishscale slates incorporating bands of octagonal-pattern slates, on projecting eaves and with stone end stacks. The central entrance has a boarded door with overlight and is flanked by 2-light casement windows in original openings. In the L gable end is a 2-light casement window under a hood mould, with bullseye window in the gable, both replacements in original openings. Set back on the R side is a projection under a single-pitch roof concealed from the front by a coped ridge, which has a 2-light window. The rear has a doorway to the L, then a 2-light window in an original opening, an inserted window, and another replacement window to the R. The rear roof slope has 2 added skylights.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a lodge retaining definite C19 regional character and notable for its distinctive use of slate.
Nearby in the register
- KerfootsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Twb Lemon (Lemon Tub) and house/officeNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Church of St JohnNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Gates, gate piers and flanking walls at S entrance to church of St JohnNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.