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Summary

Two storey former 19th century toll house with decorative barge boards similar to other tollhouses in Tiverton.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1384881: THE OLD TOLL COTTAGE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS91SW/46
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 485340
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS91SW2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TOLL HOUSE (Built, XIX - 1844 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1972, Tiverton, 54 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV52494.

North Devon Cottage, South Molton Road. Early 19th century. Probably former toll-house, two storey stucco with pierced waved barge-boards, hoodmoulds.

Devon County Council, 1975, Tiverton Town Trails, 66 (Article in Monograph). SDV352466.

Kanefsky, J., 1976, Devon Tollhouses, 27-28 (Monograph). SDV7980.

Edginton, C., 1976, Tiverton's Industrial Archaeology, 12 (Monograph). SDV46908.

Longdrag Tollhouse (North Devon Cottage), South Molton Road. This tollhouse was unusual in that it collected tolls from traffic travelling to and from Tiverton and South Molton via both Witheridge and Rackenford. It has ornamental facia woodwork similar to that of the other two tollhouses in Tiverton.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SS91SW2 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV349079.

The Long Drag toll house was unusual in that it collected tolls from traffic going between Tiverton and South Molton via both Rackenford and Witheridge.
An L-shaped two storey toll house with ornamental facia woodwork, similar to the toll houses on Bolham Road and Station Road (citing Edginton 1976 and Kanevsky 1976).

Kanefsky, J., 1984, Devon Toll Houses, 27-28 (Pamphlet). SDV349663.

Half a mile north-west of Tiverton in the fork of the A373 and the B3221, an L-shaped two storey tollhouse built in 1844 and similar to the Bolham Road tollhouse.

Rosevear, A., 2008, Devon Tollhouses, DV.TIV03 (Un-published). SDV351734.

Former toll house thought to have been built in 1837 for the Tiverton Turnpike Trust. A two storey rendered, L-shaped building under a gabled slate roof with ornate eaves. Similar in design to other Tiverton toll houses.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

English Heritage, 2012, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV348729.

Toll house, now house. 1844. Rendered over rubble with natural and artificial slate roof with decorative barge boards; rendered ridge and end stacks. L-plan.
Exterior: two storeys. Front has 20th century door in full-height porch with hipped roof and small 20th century windows. Refenestrated in mid/late 20th century, with a gabled half-dormer to bay on right of porch and projecting gable end to left; two-window range to Longdrag Hill with gable facing to left-hand side. Interior not inspected. An asymmetrical composition in the Picturesque tradition, grouping with the Roman Catholic Church, Longdrag Hill.

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Associated Events: none recorded

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