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Summary

Toll keeper's hut on the north side of the A379. Possibly built prior to the Yealm Bridge Toll House or to combat evasion of it.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1306551: YEALM BRIDGE TOLL HUT

Other References/Statuses

• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TOLL HOUSE (XVIII to XIX - 1701 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Kanefsky, J., 1984, Devon Toll Houses, 29, 34 (Pamphlet). SDV349663.

To the east of the tollhouse at Yealmbridge there is a small toll hut to the north of the road, just past the crossroads to Worston and Dunstone, which must have been erected to combat the evasion to the Yealmbridge house or to correct a bad site.

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

A subsidiary toll booth to the toll house at Yealm Bridge.

Belsey, V., 2011, Highway History in the AONB, 2, Photo (Leaflet). SDV365973.

One of the more unusual toll houses on the Modbury Totnes turnpike road.

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

Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1306551 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.

Yealm Bridge Toll-Hut. Toll-keeper's shelter. Circa later C18 or early C19. Small stone rubble hut, square on plan with very steeply pitched stone corbelled roof with gable to front. Arched entrance at front. Small square look-out opening on west side. Circular interior with small square niche (or blocked opening) on east side. Completely overgrown with ivy at time of survey 1983/4. Note: This toll-hut is on the Plympton to Modbury section of the Modbury Trust turnpike (Turnpike Act of 1759). It may have been built then or soon after 1759 and therefore the original toll-house before the Yealm Bridge Toll-house qv was built in the early C19 to combat the evasion of tolls. (References: The Turnpike Road System in England 1663-1840 by William Albert, page 209. Devon Toll-houses pages 29 and 34, Exeter Industrial Archaeology Group, Department of Economic History, Exeter University.)
Date first listed: 18th July 1984.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349663	Pamphlet: Kanefsky, J.. 1984. Devon Toll Houses. Exeter Industrial Archaeology Group. A5 Paperback. 29, 34.
SDV351734	Un-published: Rosevear, A.. 2008. Devon Tollhouses. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV357601	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #99778 ]
SDV365835	National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2024. National Heritage List for England. Website. 1306551.
SDV365973	Leaflet: Belsey, V.. 2011. Highway History in the AONB. South Devon AONB Leaflet. Digital. 2, Photo.
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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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