Description

WORCESTER

SO85NW DROITWICH ROAD
620-1/1/215 No.1
08/3/74 Octagonal Lodge
(Formerly Listed as:
DROITWICK ROAD
Barbourne Toll House)

II

Toll house, now shop. 1814 with later alterations including
windows c1960-70s. Architect, John Collingwood. Painted render
over brick with slate roof and red brick central stack with
oversailing course and pots. Octagonal on plan. 2 storeys.
Entrance: 2 part-glazed doors with overlight between
horizontal-pane windows and frieze; windows to angle above are
two 4-light casements and two single lights. To left return a
round-arched opening on imposts now blocked and with similar
multi-pane casement. Similar to right return and to rear.
Frieze and wide eaves. Casement to first floor rear are
2-light. Mainly metal windows.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
(Colvin, H: Dictionary of British Architects: 1978-: 230).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669197

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]