Description

STREET CP GRANGE ROAD (North side)
ST43NE

5/69 Former Toll Gate and Piers

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- II

Toll gate and piers. Probably C18, restored. Wooden 6-barred gate with 2 sets of diagonal strengthening struts. Top bar
with scrolled wrought- iron cresting. Bulky octagonal piers, that to left with wrought-iron capping incorporating hinge
which continues across the top of the gate, being attached to the cresting. Part of the Wells Turnpike Trust; the gate
was situated at Mead Toll House on the road between Glastonbury and Street. Metal plaque on South side giving
historical details. Included primarily for historical interest. (McGarvie M., Guide to Historic Street,
Unpublished). via door opening on "stair turret" returns, that to right with late

Listing NGR: ST4853037119

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26310977

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)