See important
guidance on the use of this record.
If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.
| HER Number: | MDV13805 |
|---|
| Name: | Turnpike Cottage |
|---|
Summary
A rectangular two-storey cottage just north of Leigh Cross is called 'Turnpike Cottage' and may have been a tollhouse, though there is no evidence that this was ever a turnpike road.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 835 877 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | SX88NW |
|---|
| Admin Area | Devon |
|---|
| Civil Parish | Doddiscombsleigh |
|---|
| District | Teignbridge |
|---|
| Ecclesiastical Parish | DODDISCOMBSLEIGH |
|---|
Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX88NW/50
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TOLL HOUSE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV305867.
Osa=sx88nw31.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV305868.
Kanefsky, j. /devon tollhouses/(1976)31.
Kanefsky, J., 1984, Devon Toll Houses (Pamphlet). SDV349663.
Just north of Leigh Cross on the eastern branch of the B3193 Newton Abbot to Dunsford road, one mile south of the B3312 Dartmoor road. A rectangular two-storey cottage on the west side of the road, the upper storey is level with the road and has a blocked-up porch. Called 'Turnpike Cottage' but there is no evidence that this was ever a turnpike road.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV305867 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV305868 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV349663 | Pamphlet: Kanefsky, J.. 1984. Devon Toll Houses. Exeter Industrial Archaeology Group. A5 Paperback. |
| |
| | |
| SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #81046 ] |
| |
| | |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 15 2015 12:01PM |
|---|
Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.