HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

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:MDV13959
Name:Flower Cottage to east of Mole Bridge, Bishops Nympton

Summary

A former toll house on the south side of the B3227.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 723 257
Map Sheet:SS72NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBishop's Nympton
DistrictNorth Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBISHOPS NYMPTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SS72NW/20
  • Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS72NW7

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • TOLL HOUSE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SS72NW7 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV69137.

Kanefsky, J., 1976, Devon Tollhouses, 26-27 (Monograph). SDV7980.

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

On the south side of the A361 Bampton road just east of mole bridge, a two-storey tollhouse, similar to the single storey ones at Rackenford and Exeter Gate.

Cotton, S., 1984, Untitled Source (Worksheet). SDV69139.

Demolished in 1984 after a lorry crashed into it.

South Molton & District Archive Local History Society, 2000, South Molton Heritage Trail, 25 (Pamphlet). SDV61800.

Flower Cottage was once a toll house.

Rosevear, A., 2008, Devon Tollhouses, DV.SMO02 (Un-published). SDV351734.

Former toll house, now Flower Cottage. Built in the 19th century for the South Molton Turnpike Trust. The original lodge-type cottage has been extended and modernised so that only the canted bay at the front is indicative of its former function.

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

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349663Pamphlet: Kanefsky, J.. 1984. Devon Toll Houses. Exeter Industrial Archaeology Group. A5 Paperback.
SDV351734Un-published: Rosevear, A.. 2008. Devon Tollhouses. A4 Stapled + Digital. DV.SMO02.
SDV357601Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #81088 ]
SDV61800Pamphlet: South Molton & District Archive Local History Society. 2000. South Molton Heritage Trail. A5 Paperback. 25.
SDV69137Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SS72NW7. OSAD Card. Card Index.
SDV69139Worksheet: Cotton, S.. 1984.
SDV7980Monograph: Kanefsky, J.. 1976. Devon Tollhouses. Devon Tollhouses. A5 Paperback. 26-27.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Apr 17 2024 12:09PM