Description

CAMDEN

TQ2687SE SPANIARD'S ROAD
798-1/2/1491 (East side)
14/05/74 Toll Gate House

GV II

Toll gate house. C18, restored 1967. Painted brick with cement
dado. Tiled hipped roof with tall chimney-stack and pot on
north side. Rectangular plan. Single storey with 1 window on
each of 3 sides facing the road. Segmental arched entrance on
north side, approached by 4 steps to the left of which a low
round-arched protruding tunnel with 2-leaf wooden doors.
Segmental arched windows with shutters, the north window now
covered by a large plaque. Brick dentil eaves cornice.
INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: the toll house marks
the spot where the road entered the Bishop of London's estate.
The restoration won a Civic Trust award.
Also listed in the LB of Barnet and on the common boundary of
the London Boroughs of Barnet and Camden.

The asset was previously listed twice, also under the parish of Hampsted as List entry 1286717. This entry was removed from the List on 17/07/2015.

Listing NGR: TQ2666287247

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27086248

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)