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Summary

An odd two-level former tollhouse, the upper storey level with the steeply climbing road from Shaldon to Torquay, the lower storey with the Newton Abbot road, the house lying in the fork of the two roads. Probably built around 1828.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 447746
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX97SW/39
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX97SW17

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Unknown, Copy of Tithe Map: Ringmore - part of St Nicholas (Cartographic). SDV358793.

'Turnpike House & Gate' marked.

Sheldon, L., 1933, Devon Toll-Houses, 305 (Article in Serial). SDV341560.

Dawlish and Torquay road.

Kanefsky, J., 1976, Devon Tollhouses, 26 (Monograph). SDV7980.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX97SW17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV304542.

Toll house dating from about 1828. Situated in the fork of the roads to Newton Abbot and Torquay. The upper storey is level with Torquay road and the ground floor with the Newton Abbot road (Kanefsky 1976, 26).

Kanefsky, J., 1984, Devon Toll Houses, 26 (Pamphlet). SDV349663.

An odd two-level tollhouse, the upper storey is level with the steeply climbing A379 road from Shaldon to Torquay, the lower storey with the B3195 Newton Abbot road, the house lying in the fork of the two roads. Probably built around 1828, when the Torquay trustees built the Shaldon-Torquay road, although it may have been adapted for use as a tollhouse at that time.

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

The Old Toll House is a two storey rectangular house built into the hillside, so that it is approached from the two roads at different levels. It has square-headed sash windows and a square-headed, canopied doorway. Its status as a toll house is uncertain but it is thought it was built in the 19th century for the Dartmouth, Torquay and Shaldon Turnpike Trust.

Pink, F., 2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV304542	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1980. SX97SW17. OSAD Card. Card Index + Digital.
SDV341560	Article in Serial: Sheldon, L.. 1933. Devon Toll-Houses. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 65. A5 Hardback. 305.
SDV349663	Pamphlet: Kanefsky, J.. 1984. Devon Toll Houses. Exeter Industrial Archaeology Group. A5 Paperback. 26.
SDV351734	Un-published: Rosevear, A.. 2008. Devon Tollhouses. A4 Stapled + Digital. DV.SHA.XT.
SDV357736	Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. ACD618/4/3. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV358793	Cartographic: Unknown. Copy of Tithe Map: Ringmore - part of St Nicholas. A2 Folded + Digital.
SDV7980	Monograph: Kanefsky, J.. 1976. Devon Tollhouses. Devon Tollhouses. A5 Paperback. 26.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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