Approximate Location Map
Large Map »
Latitude: 53.1245 / 53°7'28"N
Longitude: -3.28 / 3°16'48"W
OS Eastings: 314440
OS Northings: 359352
OS Grid: SJ144593
Mapcode National: GBR 6T.71QX
Mapcode Global: WH779.LQ9L
Plus Code: 9C5R4PF9+QX
Entry Name: The Gatehouse
Listing Date: 24 June 1999
Last Amended: 28 September 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 21928
Building Class: Domestic
ID on this website: 300021928
Location: On the road-side in the centre of the village, opposite the Church of St Peter.
County: Denbighshire
Town: Ruthin
Community: Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
Community: Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
Traditional County: Denbighshire
Tagged with: Gatehouse
Built c1825 as a toll house, by Mr Ablett of Llanbedr Hall, and continued in this use until c1875.
Single-storey lodge-cottage of double-pile plan-form. Of rendered brick construction with C20 hipped slate roof having slightly oversailing eaves; broad central stack of brown brick. Asymmetrical 3-bay front with cambered entrance to L; recessed modern wooden door. Adjacent to this, on the R, is a canted wooden bay window with slated roof; 2-light iron-framed lattice-glazed windows, with simple cusped tracery heads and projecting stone sills. 3-light window with similar glazing to the R; a further, 2-light window to the N return wall. Single-storey catslide extension to the S side, partly with flat felt roof. Adjoining the cottage to the SW, and following the line of the road for some 10m, is a rendered rubble wall with irregular copings.
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Listed for its special interest as a well-preserved C19 toll house in a prominent village location, retaining good external character.
Group value with other listed items in the village centre.
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
