Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Caergeiliog Tollhouse
Llanfair-yn-Neubwll, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Caergeiliog, Llanfair-yn-Neubwll, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 1 August 1952.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 1 August 1952
- Locality
- Caergeiliog
- Community
- Llanfair-yn-Neubwll
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.27706, -4.54388
- Cadw reference
- 5266
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 93 Holyhead (Hills) (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 the S side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road, at the junction with the road leading to Llanfair-yn-neubwll, at the NW end of the village of Caergeiliog.
History
Following the Act of Union in 1801 a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. Work started on Anglesey in 1818 and 5 tollhouses, designed by Telford, were built across the island. In 1844 a law was passed abolishing tolls from Holyhead to Shrewsbury but an exemption was made of the tollhouses of Anglesey where charges were actually increased and proved adequate for the maintenance of the roads for several years. In 1895 the exemption ended and on 28th November the tollhouses were sold.
Exterior
Octagonal 2-storey toll house forming a symmetrical composition with single storey wings to W and S. Walls of rubble, coursed between the openings in the octagon and with voussoir lintels. Slate roof with projecting eaves. Central stack to octagon with gable stacks to each wing. Windows are slightly recessed with modern casements; upper storey of octagonal with blind recesses in N and E face.
Reason for designation
Listed as one of a series of tollhouses designed for the Holyhead Road by Thomas Telford, retaining its original form (notwithstanding alterations to detail).
Nearby in the register
- Telford Milestone (5)Transportunder 1 mi
- Siloh Baptist Chapel and Chapel House with walls, railings and gatesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- PencaledogDomesticunder 1 mi
- Caergeiliog Chapel House with stables and cartshedReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.