Description

ST62NE
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BRATTON SEYMOUR CP
The Old Toll House

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II

Detached house, formerly toll house. Early C19. Cary stone cut and squared; hipped plain clay tile roof; brick chimney stack. Two storeys, 5-bay east elevation, of which bay 1 is a single-storey lean-to, and bays 3, 4 and 5 are C20 additions to match, Bay 2 is a projecting, chamfered wing, with 2-light small-pane casements to each face, with former doorway in south-east splay now blocked by matching window; upper windows bays 4 and 5 set into raked dormers, otherwise voussoired flat arches to windows. Studded boarded door in south wall of lean-to. C20 flat-roofed extension on west side.
Interior not seen.
Road turnpiked in 1765 by the Vale of Blackmoor Trust; it was transferred to the Wincanton Trust in 1824, which could be the building date.

Listing NGR: ST6666029543

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26594232

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)