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Latitude: 51.4875 / 51°29'15"N
Longitude: -1.0854 / 1°5'7"W
OS Eastings: 463599
OS Northings: 176903
OS Grid: SU635769
Mapcode National: GBR B3S.NDN
Mapcode Global: VHCZ3.4WK1
Plus Code: 9C3WFWQ7+2R
Entry Name: The Tollhouse, Whitchurch Bridge
Listing Date: 2 June 1995
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1261743
English Heritage Legacy ID: 436738
ID on this website: 101261743
Location: Whitchurch-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire, RG8
County: Oxfordshire
District: South Oxfordshire
Civil Parish: Whitchurch-on-Thames
Built-Up Area: Pangbourne
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Whitchurch
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Tollhouse
The following buildings shall be added:-
WHITCHURCH
SU67NW The Tollhouse, Whitchurch
Bridge
472-0/8/10004
GV II
Bridge tollhouse. 1792, by John Treacher. Painted brick. Plain clay tile roofwith gabled ends.
Brick gable-end stacks. PLAN: Small rectangular plan house with entrance at north gable-end
and porch on east side facing bridge carriageway. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical
east front. 2 and three-light casements with leaded panes. central brick gabled porch with
doorwayon the right-hand return. Right-hand [north] gable-end has central round-headed
doorway with semi-circular fanlight, large imposts and keystone supporting pedimental hood;
above the doorway diaper pattern brickwork. Casement windows at rear and on south gable-
end. INTERIOR appears to have largely C20 joinery.Note: The first bridge was buiult in
timber in 1792, by Act of Parliament, to the designs of John Treacher, surveyor to the Thames
Commissioners. It was rebuilt in wood in 1852. The present Whitchurch Bridge [qv] is a 1902
steel structure.
SOURCES: [1] Colvin, H., A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840. [2]
Company of Proprietors of Whitchurch Bridge, A Short History of Whitchurch Bridge,
[08/01/1995].
Listing NGR: SU6359976903
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