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HER Number:MDV28446
Name:Toll House at Solomons Post, Maidencombe

Summary

A typical angle-fronted tollhouse, the porch now blocked up.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 919 684
Map Sheet:SX96NW
Admin AreaTorbay
DistrictTorbay
Ecclesiastical ParishSTOKEINTEIGNHEAD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX96NW/57
  • Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX96NW15

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Kanefsky, J., 1976, Devon Tollhouses, 24 (Monograph). SDV7980.

A typical angle-fronted tollhouse with blocked up porch situated on the A379. It possibly dates from the construction of this road by the Torquay Trust in 1827.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX96NW15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV299746.

A typlical angle-fronted tollhouse with the porch now blocked up. It probably dates from the construction of the road by the Torquay Trust in 1827 (citing Kanefsky 1976).

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

Toll House at Solomon Post on the A379 at the junction with Claddon Lane. Dates from 1827.

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

Sources / Further Reading

SDV299746Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1979. SX96NW15. OSAD Card. Card Index + Digital.
SDV351734Un-published: Rosevear, A.. 2008. Devon Tollhouses. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV366286Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2025. Mastermap 2025. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #145113 ]
SDV7980Monograph: Kanefsky, J.. 1976. Devon Tollhouses. Devon Tollhouses. A5 Paperback. 24.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Oct 23 2025 10:39AM