The Toll House, St Fagans National History Museum
This tollhouse was built in 1771 on the southern outskirts of Aberystwyth, Mid Wales, at a time when local gentry began to build private or turnpike roads for which tolls were charged. This building and its gates cost £40 to erect, nearly four times what a mud and thatch cottage like would have cost. It was built of local slate-stone and was roofed with Pembrokeshire slates. David Jones of Dihewid was appointed as the first gatekeeper in November 1771, the first tolls being charged on 23 March 1772.
The Toll House, St Fagans National History Museum
This tollhouse was built in 1771 on the southern outskirts of Aberystwyth, Mid Wales, at a time when local gentry began to build private or turnpike roads for which tolls were charged. This building and its gates cost £40 to erect, nearly four times what a mud and thatch cottage like would have cost. It was built of local slate-stone and was roofed with Pembrokeshire slates. David Jones of Dihewid was appointed as the first gatekeeper in November 1771, the first tolls being charged on 23 March 1772.