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Listed building outline: The Old Toll House At Sx 9132 6371 390846

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The Old Toll House At Sx 9132 6371 390846

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.532610 50.463138,-3.532599 50.463129,-3.532615...
• entry-date: 1975-01-10
• listed-building: 1218985
• name: The Old Toll House At Sx 9132 6371
• notes: Toll house, now used as public lavatories. c1841 with later alterations. Rock-faced local grey limestone, brought to course, with hammer-dressed dressings; gabled slate roof with lead ridge; stacks with stone shafts with platbands. PLAN: Small rectangular building with a porch on the north-west end; right end and rear left stack. EXTERIOR: Single-storey. 3-bay elevation to Torbay Road. The main block has coped gables with kneelers and a corbelled parapet with stone bands at the base and top. 3 windows with chamfered frames, modern glazing. Porch at left end has lower roofline, coped gable and one chamfered blocked 1-light window on the front elevation; rebuilt chamfered doorway on left end. INTERIOR: Not inspected. HISTORY: In 1848 the toll for horse drawn carriages was 6d, many hotels paid a lump sum to avoid annoyance to their visitors (Ellis, p.371). An illustration reproduced in Ellis (p.373) shows a gabled porch on the front to the right. A lantern is attached to this and was swung round at night. The right end stack is shown with a tall octagonal stone shaft. The collection of tolls was eventually transferred to a toll-house at the end of King's Drive, to avoid the irritation of an interrupted drive along this picturesque road. (Ellis CA: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition: 1930-: P.371,373). Listing NGR: SX9132063710
• reference: 390846
• start-date: 1975-01-10