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Latitude: 53.2577 / 53°15'27"N
Longitude: -4.4017 / 4°24'6"W
OS Eastings: 239885
OS Northings: 376103
OS Grid: SH398761
Mapcode National: GBR HNH2.Y70
Mapcode Global: WH42S.CC5X
Plus Code: 9C5Q7H5X+38
Entry Name: Gwalchmai Tollhouse
Listing Date: 1 August 1952
Last Amended: 23 September 1998
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 5269
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300005269
Location: Located at the NE side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road on the approach to the village of Gwalchmai, c. 850m E of the church of St. Morhaiarn.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Community: Trewalchmai
Community: Trewalchmai
Locality: Gwalchmai
Tagged with: Tollhouse
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.
Octagonal 2-storey toll house forming a symmetrical composition with single storey wings to NE and SE. Coursed masonry, 1st floor rendered. Slate roof with projecting eaves; wings have roofs of old small slates, heavily grouted. Central stack to octagon with gable end stacks to each wing; each with rendered caps. Windows are slightly recessed with modern casements; upper storey of octagon with blind recesses in all faces other than directly over the doorway (facing W).
Listed as one of a series of tollhouses designed for the Holyhead Road by Thomas Telford, retaining its original form (notwithstanding alterations to detail).
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