Description

SD 91NW TODMORDEN (former M.B.) ROCHDALE ROAD
SD 945198 (west side)

8/258 Steanor Bottom
Toll House

22.11.66 (formerly listed as Steanor
bottom old Toll Bar)
II*

Toll house for the former 'Todmorden Turnpike Road'. Hammer-dressed stone,
stone slate roof. 2 storeys, semi-octagonal in plan. 2 outer faces are blind.
The 3 sides fronting road present a symmetrical appearance. Doorway has large
tie-stones. Over is semi-circular recess of the same size as windows with
projecting sill and plain surrounds. Set within this is exact replica of toll
board, the top of which reads:
' TODMORDEN TURNPIKE ROADS
STEANOR BOTTOM BAR
Tolls to be taken at this Bar under the
Local Act: 1st & 2nd Geo. 4. cap.III.' Then follows list of tolls.
Single light semi-circular headed windows to each floor, sashed with 16 panes.
Return walls are watershot and have quoins. Gutter brackets and tripartite hip
to roof. One dressed stack to rear which has single storey extension in keeping
c.1980. A classic example of a toll house. K. Parry, Trans-Pennine Heritage,
Hills, People and Transport, (1981), p.78.

Listing NGR: SD9451619835

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542494

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]