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Latitude: 50.4631 / 50°27'47"N
Longitude: -3.5325 / 3°31'57"W
OS Eastings: 291320
OS Northings: 63710
OS Grid: SX913637
Mapcode National: GBR QV.XB0D
Mapcode Global: FRA 37HT.TWD
Plus Code: 9C2RFF78+6X
Entry Name: The Old Toll House at SX 9132 6371
Listing Date: 10 January 1975
Last Amended: 3 May 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1218985
English Heritage Legacy ID: 390846
ID on this website: 101218985
Location: Royal Terrace Gardens, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, TQ2
County: Torbay
Electoral Ward/Division: Tormohun
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Torquay
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Tagged with: Tollhouse
TORQUAY
SX9163 TORBAY ROAD
885-1/17/273 (North East side)
10/01/75 The Old Toll House at SX 9132 6371
(Formerly Listed as:
TORBAY ROAD
Former Toll House)
II
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
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