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Summary

Former toll house built in the 19th century. A two storey building with Gothick pointed arch windows. It once formed part of the adjoining property when the latter was a post office and was used as a sorting office.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1106688: THE TOLL-HOUSE

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Building marked as a Post Office.

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

Former toll house on the south side of the square, next to Rainbow House. Built for the South Molton Turnpike Trust in the 19th century.

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

Now called Rainbow Cottage.

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

The Toll-House. Former toll-house, now private house. Early C19. Partially rendered stone rubble. Hipped slate roof. Plan: Asymmetrical 2 room plan, backing onto Rainbow House at the junction of Fore Street and New Street.
Exterior: 2 storeys. 5 sided, the principal entrance front with 2 window range. C20 casements. Plank door with segmental pointed overlight with Gothick glazing pattern and central female head keystone. Facet at right end facing Fore Street has Gothick style pointed arched window on each floor with intersecting glazing bars and 3 light casements, 3 panes per light.
Interior: A blocked doorway through to Rainbow House indicates the Toll-House at one time formed part of the adjoining property and in the mid to late C19 was used as a sorting office when Rainbow House operated as the town post office.
Date first listed: 25th October 1988

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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