Description

SX 36 MW CALLINGTON NEWBRIDGE

7/44 Turnpike Cottage

GV II

Tollhouse. 1874. Rendered and painted rubblestone with rag slate roof with gable
ends and gable to right of south (front). Rendered stacks to rear and on right-hand
(east) gabled end. Single depth plan, extended to rear in outshut. i½ storeys,
asymmetrical 2 window south front.
Ground floor with C19 2-light casement and C20 casement without glazing bars. Above,
beneath gable, C19 4-pane casement. Left-hand gable end with C19 2-light casement to
ground and first floor with hoodmoulds and labels. Decorative barge boards in gable
ends and below eaves.
The tollhouse is positioned on the north east corner of Newbridge (q.v. Newbridge)
and was built to replace an earlier toll house erected by the Callington Turnpike
Trust in c 1764. Other tollhouses were also erected in by the Trust to the north,
south and east of Callington, but have all been demolished. Tolls varied from is 6d
for a carriage pulled by 6 horses to 1 penny for a horse. Turnpike cottage was
erected when Newbridge was widened in 1874 and a direct road was cut through the
hillside from Newbridge to Callington.
Shelia Lightbody The Book of Callington 1982.

Listing NGR: SX3476967996

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599244

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)