Description

TEWKESBURY

SO83SE GLOUCESTER ROAD
859-1/2/173 (West side)
Gatehouse

II

Detached house, formerly toll house. Early C19. Painted
brickwork, slate roof, brick stack. Plain block with octagonal
front to road, low-pitched hipped roof to wide eaves overhang;
small flat-roofed extension, left.
2 storeys; each splayed face to road end has 25-pane sash at
each level, and front has large blocked opening or panel above
16-pane to former door opening. Returns have 25-pane centrally
at first floor, and on S side above door set under extension.
Back has casements. Central unpainted brick stack. INTERIOR
not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the original turnpike of 1756 from Cheltenham
to Tewkesbury, ran W of the site of this toll house, which was
relocated here by 1839; the previous building stood a little
further to the N, at the junction of the present road with
Lower Lode Lane, until 1829.
(Gloucester Society for Industrial Archaeology: Journal: Bayes
J F: Gloucester: 1971-).

Listing NGR: SO8888632041

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496973

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)