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Summary

An 18th century cottage said to have once been a toll house.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1309418: LITTLE SHANTY

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS61SE/66
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TOLL HOUSE (Built, XVIII - 1701 AD (Between) to 1800 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

This cottage and the one to the south are marked as Moortown Cottages. Both have wells.

Ordnance Survey, 1964, SS61SE (Cartographic). SDV39085.

Cottages marked as Moortown Cottages.

Department of Environment, 1986, Chawleigh, 15 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV43941.

Little Shanty. Cottage, said once to have been a toll-house. C18 with late C19 extension. Plastered cob on rubble footings; stone rubble stack topped with C19 brick; thatch roof. Originally a 1-room plan cottage facing south-west with projecting right (south-east) end stack. Late C19 extension set back from right end.2-storeys with single storey extension. Main block has single ground floor C20 fixed pane window with glazing bars. Roof is half-hipped to left and gable-ended to right. Left end has late C19 - early C20 casements with glazing bars at ground and first floor levels and right end has contemporary first floor casement and door behind c20 flat-roofed porch in angle of 2 ranges. Front of extension has C20 timber mullion and transom window containing panels of coloured victorian leaded glass. Interior of main block shows most original plain-finished carpentry detail. Roof not inspected.

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

Turnpike Cottage (Little Shanty) dates to the 18th century. Situated at Moortown on the north side of the road, where it narrows. A toll house for the South Molton Turnpike Trust.

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

Roadside building marked as Turnpike Cottage.

Historic England, 2025, National Heritage List for England 2025, 1309418 (National Heritage List for England). SDV366287.

Turnpike Cottage (Formerly listed as Little Shanty). Cottage, said once to have been a toll-house. C18 with late C19 extension. Plastered cob on rubble footings; stone rubble stack topped with C19 brick; thatch roof. Originally a one-room plan cottage facing south-west with projecting right (south-east) end stack. Late C19 extension set back from right end. Two storeys with single storey extension. Main block has single ground floor C20 fixed pane window with glazing bars. Roof is half-hipped to left and gable-ended to right. Left end has late C19-early C20 casements with glazing bars at ground and first floor levels and right end has contemporary first floor casement and door behind C20 flat-roofed porch in angle of two ranges. Front of extension has C20 timber mullion and transom window containing panels of coloured Victorian leaded glass.
Interior of main block shows most original plain-finished carpentry detail. Roof not inspected. Shown as Moortown Cottages on OS map.
Date first listed: 19th February 1986

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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