Description

Circa 1789. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan former toll house.

Harled rubble with painted angles and margines, grey slate roof.

12-pane sash and case windows, some modern leaded replacements at E elevation, ashlar skews with rounded ends, brick gable stacks with thankstanes.

W ELEVATION: 3 bays grouped towards centre; unfortunate harled and glazed porch at centre with door and piended roof; 2-leaf door with fanlight at main elevation; windows at left and right, 3 smaller windows at 1st floor under eaves.

S GABLE: narrow window at 1st floor left, later window at right.

N GABLE: 4-pane window at ground floor right.

E ELEVATION: 2 windows at ground floor off-centre.

INTERIOR: largely reconstructed.

Statement of Interest

The toll house was probably erected as a result of 'An Act for Repairing the Roads in the County of Forfar', 1789.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17812452

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback