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Summary

Former 19th century toll house built in a picturesque Gothic style.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1105739: THE OLD TOLL HOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/533
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: X47SW28

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Kanefsky, J., 1976, Devon Tollhouses, 23 (Monograph). SDV7980.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1976, SX47SW28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV276537.

The Old Toll House, situated east of New Bridge on the A390 Callington-Tavistock Road, on the north side of the fork of the main road and a steep minor road going up the valley side, is an early 19th century two storey building of stone and rubble with rendered front and a slate roof. The ground floor has splayed corners cut under the first floor (citing Kanefsky 1976; DoE 1976).

Department of Environment, 1976, Tavistock RD Addendum February 1976 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV276539.

Kanefsky, J., 1984, Devon Toll Houses, 23 (Pamphlet). SDV349663.

East of New Bridge, Gunnislake, just inside Devon on the A390 Callington-Tavistock road, on the north side of the fork of the main road and a steep minor road going up the valley side. A decayed two storey building.

Department of Environment, 1987, Tavistock Hamlets, 100 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV221830.

Toll House, now house. Circa 1830, with alterations and additions of late C20. Rubble, rendered with granite dressings, asbestos slate roof with gable end stack to left. Single-room plan, heated by left gable end stack, originally with narrow rear outshut, replaced by 2-storey C20 extension. Picturesque Gothic style. Symmetrical front of 2 storeys, with central doorway, door with cover strips and chamfered granite jambs, hood on wooden brackets. Flanking windows in splays to left and right, both 2-light casements, to right with Y-tracery and glazing bars, to left a C20 replacement with glazing bars, both with pointed arched and chamfered granite surrounds. The corners above are supported on large granite corbels. At first floor a single similar pointed arched window with C20 replacement casements. Left gable end has external stack, single pointed arched casement with glazing bars at ground floor to left of flue. Single-storey porch attached at junction with rear addition, with 4-centred arched door with raised fillets, pitched roof of porch continued along rear wing to left. Rear wing of 2 storeys and 3 windows, all pointed arched casements at first floor, casements at ground floor. Right gable end has quoin visible at junction to rear wing, pointed arched window with 6-pane sash at first floor left. Rear wing of 3 storeys because of slope of ground, has garage underneath, 3 windows at first floor and 2 at second floor. Interior rear wall of single room removed, fireplace at front with cambered granite head, front door blocked internally. Much altered with C20 rebuilding.

Dyer, M. J. + Manning, P. T., 1998, Objective 5B: Lower Tamar Valley Recreation and Land Management Iinitiative: Cultural Heritage Appraisal, 38 (Report - non-specific). SDV319814.

Buck, C., 2003, Bedford United Mine: Archaeological Assessment, 114, Fig. 24 (Report - Assessment). SDV319828.

Site 168.

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

Nineteenth century toll house on the Callington to Tavistock road, on the Devon side of New Bridge.

Ordnance Survey, 2025, Mastermap 2025 (Cartographic). SDV366286.

The Toll House, on the Devon side of New Bridge.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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