Description

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TQ69NW CHELMSFORD ROAD, Shenfield 723-1/6/268 (North West side) 21/10/58 Toll Bar Cottage (Formerly Listed as: CHELMSFORD ROAD, Shenfield Old Toll Bar Cottage)

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Toll house. Early C18, extended in C19 and C20. Timber-framed, clad with red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. C-plan with wings to SW and NW, original stack to SE enclosed by lean-to extension, with C20 gabled porch beyond. C19 and C20 extensions to NE. Single storey. All windows are C20 casements. C20 plain boarded door. Some weatherboarding on SW gable. Diamond shaft. `A.D. 1700' in C20 applied letters and numerals on SW elevation. The section of the Great Essex Road from Shenfield to Ingatestone Town was the first road in Essex to be turnpiked, by the Essex Trust in 1695. The turnpike is shown in Chapman and Andre's road map of 1777, and in J Cary, Survey of the High Roads from London. (Booker J: Essex and the Industrial Revolution: 1974-: 18, 101-2, 116; Cary J: Survey of th High Roads from London: 1790-).

Listing NGR: TQ6083995038

External Links

• Wikidata Q26491674

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)