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Summary

Former toll house dating to the 19th century with a prominent porch on the gable end facing the road.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1325184: TURNPIKE COTTAGE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX84SW/19
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX84SW16

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TOLL HOUSE (Built, XIX - 1801 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Kanefsky, J., 1976, Devon Tollhouses, 28 (Monograph). SDV7980.

A toll house of the Kingsbridge Trust. A rectangular two storey building with a porch.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX84SW16 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV150873.

A toll house of the Kingsbridge Trust. A rectangular two storey building with a porch (citing Kanefsky 1976, 28).

Kanefsky, J., 1984, Devon Toll Houses, 28 (Pamphlet). SDV349663.

On the south side of the road from Torcross to Stokenham, guarding two roads into Stokenham, three quarters of a mile from Torcross. A rectangular two-storey building, it has a porch on the left.

Rosevear, A., 2008, Devon Tollhouses, DV.STO (Un-published). SDV351734.

Former toll house thought to have been built in the 19th century for the Kingsbridge and Dartmouth Turnpike Trust. It is a two storey, gable-ended building with a prominent porch on the gable end facing the road.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Historic England, 2015, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV358087.

Turnpike toll house. Circa early C19, extended in C20. Painted stone rubble with rendered sides. Grouted scantle slate roof with red clay ridge tiles and gable ends at front and back. Lateral stack at side with rendered shaft. Plan: Situated with end to road. Probably a 2-room plan with principal room at front heated from central stack on the right hand side, entrance on left side and service room at back. Small 2-storey C20 extension at rear. Exterior: 2-storeys. Gable end to road with late C19 or C20 2-light casement with glazing bars and slate sills to right on ground floor and at centre on first floor. Doorway on left with C19 flush panel door and C19 painted stone rubble gabled porch with segmented arch and scantle slate roof. C19 or early C20 2-light casements on sides. Small C20 2-storey extension at rear, rendered and with lean-to roof. Interior: Not inspected.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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